WBA Bantamweight Challenge
Last night’s Matchroom/DAZN Main Event between WBA/WBC/WBO/Ring Magazine Junior Bantamweight Champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (24-0, 17 Kos) moved up in weight yet again to the Bantamweight Division to challenge WBA Bantamweight Champion Antonio Vargas (19-2-1, 11 Kos) and proved once again to be levels above his opponent at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Real Talk!
Vargas came out the gate shooting on all cylinders trying to overwhelm Rodriguez but that tactic could only last for so long as Rodriguez responded by upping his own punch output alongside that pressure that usually shuts the opponent down from coming forward.
Vargas held his own and banged shot for shot but quickly found out that Rodriguez is a wizard inside that squared circle. Rodriguez landed that perfect shot and dropped Vargas with a well-placed left overhand in the fifth round that brought him to a standing 8 count. The inevitable was near.
Entering the six round Rodriguez pressed the action with only one thing in mind and delivered once again by dropping Vargas with a deadly three-punch combination that floored Vargas for the count prompting the referee to halt the bout.
It was a dominant and impressive performance that proved once again to be levels that Rodriguez keeps on climbing. With this exceptional win, Rodriguez is now a three Division Champion and the new WBA Bantamweight Champion of the World.
The sky is the limit for this kid.
Well done!
Blaze