Juan Francisco Estrada set for June 14 hometown headliner in Hermosillo
Juan Francisco Estrada will face countryman Karim Arce to officially begin his bantamweight campaign.
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‘Bam’ Rodriguez won’t lose until he moves up too far in weight, says promoter
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez has accomplished a lot in less than three years. He went immediately from being a flyweight prospect to becoming a junior bantamweight titleholder. He took out two of the “Four Kings” of 115, moved back down to 112 to add another world title and returned three pounds north to defeat the third king – and seized the lineal throne in the process.
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Juan Francisco Estrada moving to bantamweight, seeking big fight in early 2025
Juan Francisco Estrada’s loss earlier this year to Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez will wind up being the final fight at 115 pounds for the former lineal junior bantamweight champion.
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Bam Rodriguez new deal, early look at Nov. 9 defense
Already a pound-for-pound fixture and a top attraction who has helped uplift boxing’s lower weight classes with several landmark wins, junior bantamweight titleholder Jesse Rodriguez – only 24 and with a full, brilliant career still seemingly ahead of him – would be the pride of any promotion from Los Angeles to London.
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BoxingScene’s Midweek Mailbag: What’s next for Bakhram Murtazaliev, Tim Tszyu and the IBHOF
In this week’s mailbag, we tackle your thoughts on what comes next for Tim Tszyu after the three-round drubbing he took at the hands of Bakhram Murtazaliev; we stay with the junior middleweights to talk about the year Serhii Bohachuk has had and whether he deserved better; we discuss some criticism of the International Boxing Hall of Fame; and we once again try to make sense of decisions made by the sanctioning bodies.
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Is 'Bam' vs. 'Chocolatito' in play with Estrada exiting rematch?
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez will huddle with his advisors to target a new opponent upon learning that his defeated rival and former super-flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada will not exercise his rematch clause.
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In-depth with Sunny Edwards: ‘The scar is a great addition to my face’
In June, the cut and bloodied Sunny Edwards returned from the occasion of his first defeat by beating Adrian Curiel. He then sat down to watch Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, who inflicted that defeat, impress in victory over Juan Francisco Estrada. In September he will again be ringside when his brother Charlie fights Thomas Essomba, who he manages, and in November he hopes to fight his leading domestic Galal Yafai. He discussed all, in an extensive Q&A.
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Jesse Rodriguez: ‘The better the opponent, the better I perform’
Jesse Rodriguez's legend and decorated dossier continues to grow.
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‘He wants all the smoke’: Sky is the limit for Bam Rodriguez
What became obvious Saturday night is that boxing has developed a new marquee fighter in Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, the repeat junior bantamweight champion who smiled through a knockdown and then made his veteran-champion foe suffer with a devastating finishing body blow.
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Legend-slayer ‘Bam’ Rodriguez ‘only getting better’
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez says he belongs in the top five of the pound-for-pound list after his KO win over Mexican legend Juan Francisco Estrada in Phoenix on Saturday night.
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