Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez destroys Fernando Martinez in unification clash on Benavidez-Yarde undercard

Title unification bouts aren’t alleged to be as straightforward as Saturday’s was for Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez.

Dealing with a fellow undefeated tremendous flyweight titleholder in Fernando Martinez, Rodriguez made a champ appear to be an overmatched challenger on his method to a Tenth-round knockout win in Saudi Arabia. Already the WBC and WBO champ at 115 kilos, Rodriguez claimed Martinez’s WBA title.

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Each spherical was a rinse-repeat till the tip. Rodriguez could not sustain with the footwork of a boxer ranked fifth on Uncrowned’s pound-for-pound rankings, all the best way as much as the punch that ended it. As Martinez laid out on the mat, he appeared very conscious that getting up would merely maintain him on monitor for a shoutout on the scorecards.

Rodriguez landed extra punches, more durable punches and left his opponent extra broken, with Martinez’s nostril clearly damaged by the center rounds. None of this was difficult.

Forward of the bout, Rodriguez stated he was thinking about just one extra struggle at tremendous flyweight if he received Saturday, in opposition to IBF titleholder Willibaldo García to change into the division’s undisputed champion. After that, he plans to maneuver as much as bantamweight and face the likes of Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani.

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