Via Dan Ambrose: Coach Robert Garcia wants Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez to drop to 112th to challenge WBC champion Julio Cesar Martinez after defending his WBC super flyweight title this Saturday against dangerous tennis player Srisaket Sor Rungvisai at Tech Port Arena, in San Antonio, Texas.
Rey Martinez will defend her 112-lb WBC belt against McWilliams Arroyo this Saturday on the undercard. Martinez was about to lose to Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez last March at 115, but he still has his 112-lb WBC title.
Bam Rodriguez faces Rungvisai in the main event on DAZN this Saturday night.
Garcia preferred the unbeaten ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (15-0, 10 KOs) campaign at 112 and 108 than at 115.
Robert likes the opportunity for 22-year-old Rodriguez in those weight classes, and he doesn’t want him to run in the same category as his brother Joshua Franco, who holds the 115-lb WBA belt and is very tough. against him next month against WBA ‘Super World’ champion Juan Francisco Estrada.
‘Bam’ Rodriguez is about to win Carlos Cuadras in February when he won the vacant WBC super flyweight belt, but he was knocked out deep in defense against former two-time WBC 115-lb champion Rungvisai (50-5-1.43 KOs) on Saturday night this in his first defense just won the belt.
“We have to go through Rungvisai. He is a very dangerous warriorand he’s a very strong opponent, so we have to fight smart,” Coach Robert Garcia told Boxing in the match about what Jessie ‘Bam’ Rodriguez had to do Saturday night as he defended his 115-lb WBC belt.
Bam Rodriguez can bite more than he can chew against Rungvisai, who is so powerful that he can knock him down if he lands.
Garcia went on to say of Bam Rodriguez: “We have to hit it round by round and see how it works and hopefully win. “Yes, the plan is to win and then maybe find another player in another tournament.
“I wouldn’t mind bringing him back to 112. We also have [Julio Cesar] Martinez defends his WBC [flyweight] Title [against McWilliams Arroyo], and he’s one of the 112-lb titles. So I would love to have that opportunity.
“If both [Bam Rodriguez and Rey Martinez] came out with a win, was the next game against Martinez for the 112 pound WBC title because we went to 115 because we had a chance against [Carlos] Cuadras [to fight for the vacant WBC flyweight belt].
“I think Bam belongs to 112, maybe 108. I am also looking at 108, but 112 is certain. I think that’s where he could talk in a couple of years. He also has his brother [Joshua Franco]also the champion at 115.
“So we don’t want to get into the ‘where I’m going to get fights from him’ because it’s also a sport, and we have to be teammates. Both are brothers, and both train with me, so we have to do what’s best for both,” Robert Garcia said of Bam Rodriguez.
