Via Huck Allen: Tony Bellew believes WBC super flyweight champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez is ready to take on the winner of a three-part showdown between Juan Franciso Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez in an attempt to achieve greatness. at the age of 22.
The superstar being created, ‘Bam’ Rodriguez, is ready to rush into the trenches and defeat one or both of the great fighters in the next battle.
Advertiser Bam’s Eddie Hearn gave him the opportunity to take on the winner of the Estrada-Gonzalez 3 trilogy.
The only thing standing in his way is his coach Robert Garcia, who wants him relegated to 112 to challenge the WBC flyweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez next.
It would be a shame if Robert prevented Bam Rodriguez from achieving greatness at an early age as he may never get another chance like this to face legends in the sport like Chocolatito & Estrada. .
After consecutive wins against former WBA 115-lb . champions Srisaket Sor Rungvisai & Carlos Cuadras, Bellew believes the unbeaten ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (16-0, 11 KOs) is ready to challenge the legends, Chocolatito Gonzalez (51-3, 41 KOs) and ‘El Gallo’ Estrada (42-3, 28 KOs) before moving up to 118 and 122.
Huge for the 115 lb class, ‘Bam’ Rodriguez was big enough to skip the 118 lb class and go directly to 122 to challenge the world champions Stephen Fulton and Murodjon Akhmadaliev for their belts.
To be sure, before ‘Bam’ Rodriguez takes that step, he’ll stay at 115 long enough to face the winner of a November or December three-match match between former four-time world champion ‘Chocolatito’ ‘ Gonzalez and ‘El Gallo’ Estrada.
“There was talk about Roman Gonzalez and Juan Francisco Estrada going to do it again before the year expired, and the winner in that against [Jesse] Rodriguez will be absolutely brutal“Bellew said to DAZN.
Bellew is 100% right about the fight involving ‘Bam’ Rodriguez facing the winner of Estrada vs. Chocolatito III is a “brutal” fight, one that the boxing world will be excited to watch.
Bam Rodriguez can’t wait another 3-5 years to fight Estrada or Chocolatito because those two stars are both in their 30s, rich and won’t stay for too long.
While it would be nice if Bam Rodriguez could gain more experience before joining Chocolatito or Estrada, it is unlikely.
They wouldn’t stay old, and even if they did, Bam was well ahead of the 115 lb class by then. He has a bigger frame than his brother Joshua Franco and has more superstar potential than he does.
“The next few years of Rodriguez’s career have a lot of potential and have some compelling scenarios,” Bellow said of Bam. “Can he be relegated to flies and clean up there?
“What about a move to receive the brilliance Stephen Fulton? Or is he on purpose as high as possible and face Naoya Inoue. The possibilities are endless for Rodriguez.
“He was definitely knocking on the Pound for Pound list,” Bellew said.
