Boxing Results: Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez Destroys Pedro Guevara

WBC super flyweight champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs) made easy work of challenger Pedro Guevara (42-5-1, 22 KOs), destroying him in the third round of a twelve round fight expected on Saturday. night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

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The 24-year-old “Bam” Rodriguez looked massive compared to the smaller 35-year-old Guevara, and walked the Mexican warrior from the opening bell. Surprisingly, Guevara chose to trade power shots rather than move, ultimately spoiling what slim chances he had to win.

In the third round, Bam Rodriguez backed Guevara up against the ropes and dropped him with a left to the head.

Guevara got to his feet quickly and steamed straight into the teeth of Bam’s offense. He was quickly taken down a second time, but this time with a left uppercut that landed him face first. on the canvas. Referee Ricky Gonzalez instinctively knew that Guevara had not gotten up, and stopped the fight. The time of the arrest was at 2:40 of the third round.

Bam Rodriguez was interviewed in the ring, and said that he wants to fight a unification against one of the other champions in Super Flyweight next. If he’s not one of them, he said he’d like to face 37-year-old former four-division world champion Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez next.

There were some boos from the audience when Bam Rodriguez said he wanted the Chocolatito fight, maybe because some fans felt Gonzalez was old. They don’t want his career to be ended by a much younger fighter than him, like 24-year-old Bam Rodriguez. In recent fights over the past two years, Bam has defeated these senior fighters:

– Juan Francisco Estrada: 34
– Carlos Cuadras: 36 years old
– Srisaket Sor Rungvisai: 37

Fans would prefer Bam Rodriguez to move up to 118 and face Junto Nakatani next or go up to 122 to face undisputed champion Naoya Inoue. As Bam looked tonight, he could fight at featherweight at 126 easily. His size is a reason for his success in these minimum weight classes. He is greater than his opposition.