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Sunny Edwards was just as congratulatory in defeat as he was vocal prior to the biggest fight of his career. A highly anticipated IBF/WBO unification bout versus Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez saw the previously unbeaten Brit suffer a
By Corey Erdman - Bam Rodriguez and Sunny Edwards might not win Fight of the Year honors in a few weeks, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a fight in 2023 that demonstrated two-way high-level boxing ability in the manner they did on Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona. It was widely understood coming into the fight that the bout would feature two best flyweights on the planet, regardless
This win meant so much more than the titles that were unified in the ring. Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez entered the biggest fight of his career with the news that he would be a father by next spring. Already the sport’s youngest titleholder and two-division titlist, Rodriguez (19-0, 12KOs) can now add unified titlist to
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez enjoyed a breakout 2022 campaign by taking two notable players from the past and current era of elite junior bantamweights.
On Saturday night in Arizona, British flyweight Sunny Edwards suffered the first defeat of his pro career when he was stopped after nine rounds of action in his WBO, IBF unification clash with Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez.
Rodriguez, Edwards Fight Photos Gallery - Arizona - In an IBF, WBO flyweight unification between unbeaten champions, Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez (19-0, 12 KOs) beat down and stopped Sunny Edwards (20-1, 4 KOs) in ten rounds. (photos by Ed Mulholland, Melinza Pizano)
Bam Rodriguez's power, footwork & hard jab steam rolled the game Sunny Edwards. Bam landed 62% of his power punches in the fight and also landed 61 body shots.
By Jake Donovan - Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez fell to the canvas and wept in joy after a statement-making performance in a perceived pick-‘em fight. The unbeaten San Antonio native brilliantly neutralized one of the sport’s defensive fighters in Sunny Edwards, whom he stopped after nine rounds. Rodriguez scored a knockdown in the closing seconds of the ninth and forced a corner stoppage in between rounds nine and ten to unify the IBF and WBO flyweight titles Saturday evening at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Sunny Edwards never had any issue facing Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez in the U.S. or anywhere else in the world. He’s just curious why that same energy never came back in return.
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez was more than happy to join Sunny Edwards for a post press-conference stare down that lasted more than seven minutes.