Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez 17-0 (11) has returned to the Alamo City To make history. "Bam" will look to become a two-division world champ as he moves down to 112-pounds and challenges for the vacant WBO Flyweight strap. Saturday night at the Tech Port Arena in San Antonio's west side. Rodriguez will take on the largely unknown Cristian 'Chicharito' Gonzalez in a 12-round affair.
Fight week kicked off with a meet and greet as well as a face-off between the two combatants in front of the Alamo. The festivities continued on Wednesday with a media workout. Thursday is the final Press Conference, which will air on DAZN. Finally, Friday is the official weigh-in, which will also be aired by the streaming service at 1 PM local time at the Espee on E. Commerce Street.
Rodriguez captured the 115-pound WBC world title in February of 2022 by outpointing the legendary Carlos Cuadras in Phoenix, Arizona. He then gave a career-best performance and battered future first-ballot Hall of Famer, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in the eighth round. He defended the WBC strap one last time on Mexican Independence Day Weekend against Israel Gonzalez on the undercard of Canelo-GGG II at the T-Mobile in Las Vegas. Rodriguez scored a UD victory. Gonzalez has two wins of note. In his last outing, he defeated fringe contender Juan Alejoz and scored a first-round TKO last March. Chicharito additionally has a win over Saul Juarez, a common opponent with Rodriguez, in which he secured a 10
-round unanimous decision victory in a tough and competitive fight. Rodriguez scored a sensational second-round KO and posterized Juarez. That was in late 2020 in the Top Rank Bubble in Las Vegas