“My nostril hurts,” Argentina’s Fernando “Puma” Martínez mentioned in between rounds 6 and seven of his combat in opposition to San Antonio’s Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez. No shit.
Bam outboxed, outpunched, and outclassed Martínez by way of 9 rounds of a surprisingly one-sided affair. Within the tenth, Bam completed Martínez with a deadly left. It was a stupendous one-punch KO that solidified Bam’s standing as one of many world’s finest fighters. (He’s at the moment No. 6 in The Ring journal’s pound-per-pound checklist.)
Together with his victory, Bam (23-0 with 16 KOs) took Martínez’s WBA super-flyweight title, which the San Antonian provides to his personal WBC, WBO and The Ring’s belt. Martínez’s file now stands at 18-1 with 9 KOs.
The combat, as a part of the undercard of David Benavídez vs Anthony Yarde combat for Benavídez’s WBC mild heavyweight title, passed off Saturday in Ryadh, Saudi Arabia, an occasion dubbed as Ring IV — a PPV DAZN occasion. On the time of the KO, the Present’s card had Bam successful 90-82.
Regardless that Martínez fought bravely and linked once in a while, he by no means damage Bam, who gained each single spherical and placed on a masterclass.
“I knew I had him after the primary spherical,” Bam mentioned after the combat, giving credit score to his opponent. “He was more durable than I anticipated.”
Bam, who noticed the beginning of his son Milo through FaceTime from Saudi Arabia, fought again tears within the post-fight interview.
“I might cry proper now,” he mentioned. “I missed his beginning as a result of I needed to be right here. It’s onerous for me nevertheless it paid off. He’ll perceive when he’s a little bit bit older. I did it for him, for my daughter, my girlfriend … . She at all times lets me do coaching camp, I’m very grateful to her, I like her rather a lot.”
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