What became obvious Saturday night is that boxing has developed a new marquee fighter in Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, the repeat junior bantamweight champion who smiled through a knockdown and then made his veteran-champion foe suffer with a devastating fi...
The seismographs are shaking. The anticipation is growing. That’s because a rumble is coming. For the past year and a half, the supervolcano that once was the super flyweight division has been quiet. Not quite dormant, but nowhere near as active or e...
Robert Garcia Jr. said this week that Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, the junior bantamweight he assists in training alongside his father Robert Garcia, wants the best fights possible. Rodriguez's upcoming fight with Juan Francisco Estrada is just a taste of...
Imagine if a young, talented junior middleweight had come along in the mid-‘80s — think Donald Curry, Mike McCallum, Davey Moore, someone like that — and proceeded to outbox Roberto Duran, then knock out Tommy Hearns, then spar with Marvin Hagler whi...
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Pick It: Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Jesse Rodriguez When to Watch: Saturday, June 29. The preliminary undercard begins at 7:15 p.m. Eastern Time (12:15 a.m. BST). The main broadcast begins at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time (2:30 a.m. BST).
