{"id":735757,"date":"2026-06-14T07:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T07:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/735757\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T07:40:10","slug":"david-jimenez-named-wba-super-flyweight-champion-in-place-of-jesse-bam-rodriguez-becoming-costa-ricas-first-male-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/735757\/","title":{"rendered":"David Jimenez named WBA super flyweight champion in place of Jesse &#8216;Bam&#8217; Rodriguez, becoming Costa Rica&#8217;s first male champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbaboxing.com\/boxing-news\/medallita-jimenez-elevated-to-wba-super-flyweight-champion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Per their web site,<\/a> the World Boxing Association\u2019s (WBA) Championship Committee have designated David \u201cMedallita\u201d Jimenez, 18-1 (12 KOs), of Costa Rica, as the brand-new WBA Super Flyweight Champion, in place of Jesse \u201cBam\u201d Rodriguez\u2019s vacating the belt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">According to the WBA, Jim\u00e9nez was already the organization\u2019s interim world champion and has now been elevated to full champion. According to the WBA, he is also\u00a0officially their first male world champion ever from Costa Rica,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Top contender John &#8216;Scrappy&#8217; Ramirez has been designated the new champion\u2019s mandatory challenger.<\/p>\n<p>According to the WBA, &#8220;As a result, negotiations must begin for a world title showdown between Jim\u00e9nez and Ram\u00edrez. The conditions and deadlines governing the mandatory championship bout will be announced in the coming days in accordance with the WBA\u2019s internal regulations. The official notification has already been sent to Jim\u00e9nez\u2019s team, which has been informed of the decision. The pioneering organization expects \u201cMedallita\u201d to carry the championship belt with pride, honor, and responsibility.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Per their web site, the World Boxing Association\u2019s (WBA) Championship Committee have designated David \u201cMedallita\u201d Jimenez, 18-1 (12&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,711,710,49,48,264500,132976,82,261433],"class_list":["post-735757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxingscene","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-david-jimenez","tag-jesse-bam-rodriguez","tag-sports","tag-world-boxing-association"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735757","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=735757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}