Vargas did well in the opening round as he worked off the jab and landed the 2-1 combination on multiple occasions. Rodriguez started the second round in an aggressive fashion, as he used his footwork to create angles.
The pivoting and lateral movement that Bam used put him in a position to land solid shots to the head and body of Vargas. In the third round, the defending champion, Antonio Vargas, was very strategic.
Every time Rodriguez utilized the high guard, Vargas would capitalize with his volume punching. After having success in the fourth round, Vargas got floored in the fifth when Rodriguez connected with a big left-hand shot.
Antonio Vargas was able to get up and survive the remaining 2:34 of round number 5. At the 1:52 mark of round six, Bam Rodriguez abruptly ended the fight when he hit Vargas with a debilitating straight left hand shot.
With the victory, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (24-0, 17 KOs) won the WBA bantamweight title and became a three-division world champion. Now the boxing public is hoping that Bam Rodriguez is ready to attempt to place undisputed on his resume.
One of the biggest fights to be made in boxing is a showdown between Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and the two-division undisputed world champion Naoya “The Monster” Inoue (33-0, 27 KOs).
A battle for super-bantamweight supremacy between Inoue and Rodriguez would be epic. For the smaller weight classes, an Inoue vs Bam clash is the equivalent of Crawford vs Spence.
The undisputed bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue is a boxer-puncher who is technically sound, accurate, explosive, and has devastating punching power.
Bam Rodriguez is a pressure fighter who uses constant movement, has elite footwork, power, and he throws punches in bunches. A matchup between Inoue and Rodriguez would be a guaranteed action-packed firefight.
Boxing fans want Bam Rodriguez to fight Inoue, but during an interview with The Ring days prior to the Vargas fight, Bam revealed he has not one, but two Inoues on his radar. Bam wants to fight The Monster, and he also wants to fight The Monster’s brother, Takuma Inoue (22-2, 5 KOs).
“I think that’s like almost the perfect storyline to the Inoue fight, beating his brother, and then going in and fighting the second brother,” Bam stated.
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