JESSE ‘Bam’ Rodriguez is inching closer to becoming an all-out lower-weight superstar as he unifies with South Africa’s Phumelela Cafu in Texas later this evening. Rodriguez defends the WBC super-flyweight title he took from Juan Francisco Estrada last summer. Cafu brings the WBO belt to the table that he won against Kosei Tanaka.
Elsewhere on the card, Diego Pacheco will look to keep himself in the Canelo conversation when he takes on recent Caleb Plant opponent, Trevor McCumby. A fight between Pacheco and Christian Mbilli would be tasty, but Pacheco and his handlers are taking a different route.
Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams continues to close in on a world title shot when he meets late-replacement Ivan Vazquez, who stepped in for Italy’s Etinosa Oliha, who was ruled out of the IBF title final eliminator with a fight-week medical issue.
Full Weights and reverse running order for Rodriguez vs. Cafu
12 x 3 mins WBC, WBO & The Ring World Super-Flyweight titles
Jesse Rodriguez (114.8 lbs: San Antonio, Texas)
Phumelela Cafu (115 lbs: Eastern Cape, South Africa)
12 x 3 mins USWBC & WBO International Super-Middleweight titles
Diego Pacheco (168 lbs: South Central LA, California)
Trevor McCumby (168 lbs: Glendale, Arizona)
10 x 3 mins Middleweight contest
Austin Williams (158.4 lbs: Houston, Texas)
Ivan Vazquez (159.6 lbs: Houston, Texas/Monterrey, Mexico)
6 x 3 mins Junior-Middleweight contest (Live on DAZN)
Omari Jones (149.4 lbs: Orlando, Florida)
Alfredo Rodolfo Blanco (150.2 lbs: Buenos Aires, Argentina)
4 x 3 mins Junior-Middleweight contest
Hector Beltran Jr (154 lbs: Dallas, Texas)
Edgar Gutierrez (153.4 lbs: Yuma, Arizona)
6 x 3 mins Junior-Middleweight contest
Nishant Dev (155.8 lbs: Karmal, India)
LaQuan Evans (156.2 lbs: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
8 x 3 mins Junior-Middleweight contest
Pablo Valdez (156 lbs: New York, New York)
Robert Redmond Jr. (154.2 lbs: Houston, Texas)
