Nicely, that is escalating rapidly. After saying David Benavidez vs Anthony Yarde and Abdullah Mason vs Sam Noakes in fast succession, Turki Alalshikh revealed as we speak that tremendous flyweight titlists Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and Fernando “Pumita” Martinez will even meet on Riyadh Season’s upcoming November present.
There’s an enormous asterisk there, after all: Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KO), who outgunned Juan Francisco Estrada for the WBC belt final 12 months earlier than clobbering Pedro Guevara in his inaugural protection, has a date with WBO champ Phumelela Cafu in two weeks. He’s the heavy favourite, and for superb cause, however “setup struggle goes horribly flawed” has been a theme of late.
Assuming all of it goes swimmingly and Martinez (18-0, 9 KO) kinds out his weight reduce, that is one of the best struggle the division has to supply. They’re unquestionably the 2 greatest at 115 kilos and make for an explosive conflict of types, Rodriguez’s dazzling footwork and mixture punching clashing with Martinez’s all-out aggression.
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