Two brilliant young fighters, both of them looking at even bigger fights after their respective upcoming assignments…….is this the ground material for an upset or two? Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez faces Mexican veteran and all-round warrior Juan Francisco Estrada in Glendale, Arizona, while Teofimo Lopez faces Steve Claggett in Miami.
Bam faces the tougher test, by far, but Claggett is a tough dude himself, and he also really has nothing to lose as far as this fight goes, the “experts” having pretty much written him off already. But as we know, Teo is absolutely a fighter who can blow hot and cold.
Rodriguez, who cleaned up at 112 pounds, returns to 115 for the Estrada fight, where the unbeaten “Bam” goes for the WBC belt. Rodriguez has shown Estrada much respect going into this one, seemingly a guaranteed action fight but dependant on how much 34 year old Estrada has left when it comes to how long the fight lasts. However,…
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