WBC/WBO Junior Bantamweight Unification Showdown
Last night’s Matchroom/DAZN Main Event between WBC/Ring Magazine Junior Bantamweight Champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (22-0, 15 kos) and WBO World Junior Bantamweight Champion Phumelela Cafu (11-1-3, 8 Kos), was more of a showcase type bout where “Bam” got to put his exceptional skill set on display at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
Cafu, a formidable Champion in his own right, came in with a good “game plan” for the night and proceeded to be competitive but as the rounds progressed, he soon found out that the young warrior “Bam” is ahead of his time with his skill set. The pressure and the activity being applied by “Bam” were making it difficult for Cafu to keep up.
Rodriguez’s arsenal was on full display. The footwork, punch placement, accuracy and activity were too much for Cafu to content with round by round. As competitive as Cafu attempted to be he simply couldn’t keep up with the clip that “Bam’ was coming in with. Rodriguez was putting in a systematic beating in a clinical fashion that had the crowd in attendance going crazy.
Cafu was taking in some serious leather from head to body so by the tenth round the beating was so one-sided that Cafu’s corner waved the white flag prompting the referee to stop the bout.
With this convincing win now under his belt, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez is now a two-Division, Unified WBC/WBO/Ring Magazine Bantamweight Champion of the world, locked and loaded and ready to challenge WBA World Champion Fernando “Pumita” Martinez 18-0, 9 Kos), later this year.
Well done, Champ.
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Unified Junior Bantamweight Champion 🏆 🏆 👏🏾 👏🏾 Well done Champ! 🔥 👆🏾 🥊
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