SThere’s been a lot of talk lately about who the face of boxing is. Usyk, Canelo, Gervonta Davis, Terence Crawford, Inoue… Also write down the name of Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez. See this boxer alone 24 years It’s a show. The American defeated Mexican Juan Francisco ‘El Gallo’ Estrada by KO in the seventh roundto whom he gave his first defeat by chloroform and in the process took away the super flyweight title of the World Boxing Council (WBC).
‘Bam’ passed through Phoenix like a tornado and showed a overwhelming superiority over ‘El Gallo’, 34 years old, and one of the great low weights in boxing in the last decade. There are those who will blame it on Estrada’s year and a half of inactivity, and he may have regretted it, but The change in cycle is already more than evident.. Great performance by Rodríguez to establish himself as one of the most spectacular boxers of the moment. Of course, you should know that at the time of the strike each judge gave a different result: the Mexican, 57-56 for Estrada; the American, 54-58 for ‘Bam’; and the Canadian, tied at 56.
From the beginning of the fight it was possible to see a much faster Rodríguez who was going to be difficult for the champion to hunt down. In the third round the young candidate clearly felt that he was damaging and dominating his rival. The American brought out his entire repertoire, impossible for ‘El Gallo’ to counter. Jab, hooks to the body, an uppercut that left the Mexican touched… Unstoppable!
In the last minute of the fourth round ‘Bam’ opened his opponent’s guard with a tremendous left-handed uppercut, which was followed by a combination that sent the veteran to the canvas. At the restart there was a new knock down and the bell was a saving grace. More punishment, but At Rodríguez’s moment of greatest confidence, in the sixth round, Estrada surprised him. Although the American barely touched the mat, there was a count. From that moment on, perhaps angry, ‘Bam’ was a cyclone. Just before the seventh ended, a left to the body broke the champion, who no longer got up..
