On a weekend that also featured Teofimo Lopez, two Latino warriors were primed to make a statement as Juan Francisco Estrada placed his WBC super-flyweight title on the line against Jesse Rodriguez, a weight-hopping 24-year-old talent who had already beaten Sunny Edwards, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Carlos Cuadras.
Rodriguez’s thrilling KO victory, closed with a crunching body shot, sees him mentioned, possibly for the first time, in the same breath as the likes of Terence Crawford, Oleksandr Usyk, Artur Beterbiev, Canelo and potential future rival Naoya Inoue.
Covering the entire event for Boxing News Online, Daniel Bartel captured all the moments that mattered.
Jesse Rodriguez KO7 Juan Francisco Estrada – WBC super-flyweight title and Ring Magazine belt
Sunny Edwards TD9 Adrian Curiel – Flyweight
Yamileth Mercado PTS10 Ramla Ali – WBC super-bantamweight title
Arturo Cardenas PTS10 Danny Barrios – WBC Continental Americas super-bantamweight title
Gabriel Muratalla PTS8 Carlos Fontes – Bantamweight
Fabian Rojo TKO2 Daniel Gonzalez – Welterweight
Leonardo Rubalcava PTS6 William Flenoy – Super-lightweight
