{"id":460275,"date":"2026-02-07T19:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/460275\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:23:07","slug":"jesse-bam-rodriguez-targeted-for-future-showdown-by-british-ko-artist-jack-turner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/460275\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez targeted for future showdown by British KO artist Jack Turner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jesse \u2018Bam\u2019 Rodriguez is one of the hardest-hitting operators in the lower weight divisions, but that status could soon be challenged by an unbeaten super-flyweight contender.<\/p>\n

Most would consider Rodriguez a top five pound-for-pound star, having made a considerable impression on both the 112 and 115lb divisions.<\/p>\n

The two-weight world champion comes off a 10th-round finish over Fernando Martinez \u2013 unifying the WBC, WBO and WBO super-flyweight titles in November \u2013 but has also claimed notable victories over the likes of Sunny Edwards and Juan Francisco Estrada.<\/p>\n

One man who hopes to eventually defuse the explosive technician, meanwhile, is Jack Turner, who enters his 14th professional outing on the undercard of Nick Ball vs Brandon Figueroa<\/a> this Saturday.<\/p>\n

At 24 years of age, it is still very much early days, but the ferocious puncher has nonetheless told Boxing News that a future Rodriguez clash certainly piques his interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cBam\u2019s only young, but I\u2019m still only a baby in the sport. When the time\u2019s right, I\u2019d love that fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be in the sport if I didn\u2019t want to fight the best \u2013 I\u2019ll fight anyone. But yeah, hopefully I\u2019ll get that opportunity when the time\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a great fighter, a brilliant fighter, and I love watching him. I like his style, and I like studying him.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, everyone has their good points \u2013 but everyone has their weaknesses as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turner\u2019s most significant victories have come against Ryan Farrag, who was dealt a second-round stoppage defeat last year, and Nicolas Muguruza, a tough Argentinian who, after enjoying spells of success, was ultimately stopped in the sixth round of their encounter last August.<\/p>\n

Clearly, the Liverpudlian carries fight-ending power which, he believes, is only becoming more decisive as his career progresses.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it\u2019s getting better. Each time I fight, and in every camp, I feel like I\u2019m hitting harder.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always good to carry that power and [the Muguruza performance] shows I can carry that power into later rounds. If you\u2019ve got power then that\u2019s what people want to see; they want to see knockouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to take care of all these super-flyweights and smash their heads in.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next man at risk of getting his head smashed in is Juan Carlos Urbina, who Turner will look to demolish at Liverpool\u2019s Echo Arena.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the Queensberry Promotions card, fellow Scouser Andrew Cain threatens to make an equally destructive statement against bantamweight visitor Alejandro Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

This, like with Rodriguez, is a fight that could become more realistic in the next year or so, especially with Turner and Cain representing the Rotunda ABC and Everton Red Triangle \u2013 two of Liverpool\u2019s flagship gyms \u2013 respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, we\u2019re in two different weight classes. But, for sure, that could be a fight in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re two Scouse lads, so it would be a massive fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

While an all-Liverpool clash with Cain, and indeed a legacy-defining opportunity against \u2018Bam\u2019, represent mouth-watering matchups down the line, Turner must first take care of business and extend his unbeaten record on Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jesse \u2018Bam\u2019 Rodriguez is one of the hardest-hitting operators in the lower weight divisions, but that status could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-460275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}