2020 Prospect of the Year Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez of San Antonio, has signed a multi-fight deal with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing. Rodriguez is regarded as one of the brightest young prospects in the sport and the future of the smaller weight classes he sports a 14-0 (10) and is long overdue for a world title fight. He will certainly bring excitement to Matchroom cards and has the right style to be a fan favorite especially with the rise in popularity of the smaller weight classes. Something Hearn and Matchroom have helped drive.
Rodriguez will be in action next Saturday, February 5th, at the Foot Print Center in Phoenix Arizona where he will do battle with Fernando Diaz of Riverside, California. The two will battle it out for the WBC USNBC Flyweight title and the bout will be streamed live on DAZN. The bout is on the undercard of what promises to be a fan-friendly slugfest between two of the great little men of all time as former world champion Srisket Sor Rungvisai battles former world champion Carlos Cuadras in a Super Flyweight battle who will battle for the vacant WBC Super Flyweight title.
Rodriguez expressed his excitement about joining the Matchroom family saying "I’m very excited to be joining the Matchroom team...This is huge for me and my career. This is my coming-out party – in 2022 we secure my World title shot, and then go looking for the biggest fights there are out there.”
"Bam" who last fought in October n the Mikey Garcia vs Sandor Martin Card in Fresno, California, is trained by Robert Garcia and has been called by Garcia and others as the best fighter in the camp. He is also the younger brother of WBA Super Flyweight Champ Joshua "El Profesor" Franco. He is co-promoted with Japanese promotional outfit Teiken Promotions.