Turki Alalalshikh revealed that the WBC Super Flyweight Champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez against WBA belt holder Fernando Martinez (19-0, 9 COs) in a unification fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
However, Bam still has to win his uniform fight against the unbeaten WBO champion of 115 pounds Phumelela Cafu (11-0-3, 8 COs) on July 19 at the Ford Center in the Star in Frisco, Texas. That battle will be shown Live on dazn. Ring magazine Report the news of Turki Alalshikh.
Why Turki announced early
The big question is why Turki did not wait, after the battle of Bam Rodriguez with Phumelela Cafu before announcing the unification with Argentine Fernando Martinez? The announcement of the battle before Bam’s match against Cafu jumps the gun because he can lose this battle.
It is a bad shape to announce a fight before an important unification fight. This is one thing if it was a setup for Bam, but it is a unification against an excellent champion.
It is not as if Rodriguez (25) is unbeatable. We saw Bam struggling in his fighting against Cristian Gonzalez Hernandez and Israel Gonzalez. The two games show that Bam can’t walk on water. He is a human, and he can lose against the talented South African Cafu. This man has a lot of talent and can punch.
Bam’s vulnerable jaw exposed
Bam Rodriguez is not hard to hit, and his Big lantern jaw had been breached once by Cristian Gonzalez in the sixth round of their battle in 2023. Cafu could possibly duplicate the effort by targeting Bam’s jaw, because it is the most striking function on him. You can just as well have a ‘hit my’ board on it.
The only reason I can see Turki announcing the Martinez against Bam fight early is to increase the interest in the clash of Rordriguez on July 19. This is one way to do this, but still it looks bad.
Fernando Martinez, 33, looked like pure gold in his last two battles, and beat IBF champion Kazuto Ioka, 115 pounds, by some unanimous 12 round decisions. There really was no need for the re-broadcast in May last year, as Martinez dominated Ioka in the first fight in 2024 and won by the scores 117-111, 120-108 and 116-112.
Last updated on 07/04/2025
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