{"id":239249,"date":"2025-07-05T05:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T05:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/239249\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T05:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T05:01:09","slug":"a-july-19-win-for-bam-rodriguez-leads-to-unification-bout-with-fernando-martinez-at-riyadh-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/239249\/","title":{"rendered":"A July 19 win for Bam Rodriguez leads to unification bout with Fernando Martinez at Riyadh Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An already stacked Riyadh Season card in November could add another huge fight.<\/p>\n<p>His Excellency Turki Alalshikh announced that WBC junior bantamweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/jesse-rodriguez-189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"text-ringtv-blue underline\">Jesse \u201cBam\u201d Rodriguez<\/a> will face WBA champion<a href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/fernando-daniel-martinez-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"text-ringtv-blue underline\"> Fernando \u201cPumita\u201d Martinez <\/a>in a unification bout.<br \/>That bout joins a card that already includes WBC light heavyweight champion<a href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/david-benavidez-set-to-make-first-wbc-light-heavyweight-world-title-defence-vs-anthony-yarde-in-november\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"text-ringtv-blue underline\"> David Benavidez vs. Anthony Yarde<\/a>, WBO welterweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/brian-norman-jr-to-defend-wbo-welterweight-title-vs-devin-haney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"text-ringtv-blue underline\">Brian Norman Jr. vs Devin Haney<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/abdullah-mason-vs-sam-noakes-set-for-vacant-wbo-lightweight-title-in-november\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"text-ringtv-blue underline\">Abdullah Mason vs. Sam Noakes<\/a> for the vacant WBO lightweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs) vs. Martinez (18-0, 9 KOs) could be for three of the four titles at junior bantamweight. In two weeks, Rodriguez faces WBO junior bantamweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/phumelele-cafu-4389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"text-ringtv-blue underline\">Phumelele Cafu<\/a> at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. <\/p>\n<p>Whether Rodriguez vs Martinez happens will depend on the result of that July 19 fight with Cafu (11-0-3, 8 KOs).<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez is a minus-2500 favorite entering the bout vs. Cafu, according to DraftKings.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez, 25, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/pound-for-pound\/men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"text-ringtv-blue underline\">No. 7 on The Ring\u2019s pound-for-pound list<\/a>, has won three straight fights inside the distance, including a seventh-round knockout of Juan Francisco Estrada in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>In his last outing, the two-division champion stopped Pedro Guevara in the third round on Nov. 9.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez, 33, would enter the November clash on the back of two straight unanimous decision victories over <a href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/kazuto-ioka-105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"text-ringtv-blue underline\">Kazuto Ioka<\/a> in Japan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An already stacked Riyadh Season card in November could add another huge fight. 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