Bam Rodriguez, Juan Francisco Estrada Both Hit Limit at Friday Weigh-In
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and Juan Francisco Estrada made weight Friday morning at the official weigh-in for the junior bantamweight title Saturday at Footprint Center.
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'Bam' Rodriguez And Estrada On Weight Limit For Super-Flyweight Title Fight
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and Juan Francisco Estrada made weight on Friday morning at the official weigh-in for their WBC super-flyweight title fight on Saturday at the Footprint Center
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Bam Rodriguez Favored, But He Has Never Faced Anyone Like ‘El Gallo’
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez is confident he can stop the technically proficient Juan Francisco Estrada on Saturday in a 115-bout bout, but the brilliant Juan Francisco Estrada – a "fresh" 34 years old – is a special opponent.
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Juan Francisco Estrada Wants Fourth Showdown with 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez
Juan Francisco Estrada is targeting a fourth fight with Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez
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Sunny Edwards Flashes Humility, Sharp Disposition in Presser Monologue
Sunny Edwards inarguably has the gift of gab – trash talk, specifically – but he also has shown grace in defeat. He was as loquacious as ever in Thursday's press conference ahead of his Saturday fight against Adrian Curiel.
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Silent Confidence: ‘Bam’ Rodriguez a Special Breed
Unbeaten two-division champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez is anything but the stereotypical attention-seeking 20-something. He plans to make all his noise in a clash with Juan Francisco Estrada on Saturday in Phoenix.
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Bam Rodriguez, Juan Francisco Estrada Both Seeking to Leave Footprints in Phoenix
An ordinary tale of the tape doesn’t account for off-the-scale expectations. It also doesn’t explain how Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez and Juan Francisco Estrada arrived at the right time and place with a chance at make history.
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Sunny Edwards: ‘I Could Beat Adrian Curiel, Sivenathi Nontshinga on Same Night’
Sunny Edwards is coming off his first career defeat, but he’s treating Saturday’s return at the Footprint Center in Phoenix like business as usual. To hear him talk, in fact, that business should be easy work.
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Beating Estrada Opens Up A New World For ‘Bam’ Rodriguez
As Texas’ Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez elevates to his big moment Saturday night against veteran WBC super-flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada, he will find in victory a twist on an old phrase.
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The Rodriguez Mentality: Wham, Bam, No Tuneups, Ma’am
Imagine if a young, talented junior middleweight had come along in the mid-‘80s — think Donald Curry, Mike McCallum, Davey Moore, someone like that — and proceeded to outbox Roberto Duran, then knock out Tommy Hearns, then spar with Marvin Hagler while preparing to take on Sugar Ray Leonard. The modern-day super flyweights certainly do not stand elevated on the same pedestal as the iconic 1980s “Four Kings,” but if we’re willing to squint and make slight reaches for the sake of convenient equivalencies, the above almost-inconceivable scenario describes what Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez is currently doing.
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