Wham. Bam. Thank you, champ.
Pedro Guevara had never been stopped in 47 fights. However, lineal junior bantamweight champion and top pound-for-pound fighter Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez not only became the first man to stop Guevara, but he also did it in brutally impressive fashion. The bout served as the co-main event to the 12-round IBF welterweight world championship main event rematch featuring Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs.
Karen Chukhadzhian . A post shared by Matchroom Boxing (@matchroomboxing) Saturday night at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Rodriguez , an unbeaten southpaw from San Antonio, scored two knockdowns of the seasoned Mexican fighter and, at 2 minutes and 47 seconds of the third, destroyed Guevara with a left uppercut that sent him to the canvas flat on his back, leaving referee Ricky Gonzalez no choice but to immediately wave off the fight. “I’m pretty happy [with my performance],” Rodriguez, 24, said after making his first 115-pound title defense.
But I already kind of knew it was going to happen that way.” According to Compubox, Rodriguez landed 64 of 183 punches (35%), compared to just 21 of 122 blows (17%) for Guevara. The 35-year-old Guevara (42-5-1, 22 KOs) exited his neutral corner moving a good amount, and Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs) intelligently pursued his target in a one-sided opening round as Guevara looked to survive.
In the second, Rodriguez began to sit down on his punches and landed with a slew of lead right hooks. Bam displayed his ex.
