Battle followers, particularly followers of the decrease weight courses, of the little giants, will in all chance be handled to a particular battle tomorrow, as rival flyweight champs Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and Sunny Edwards put all of it on the road in a unification showdown in Glendale, Arizona.

A doubtlessly traditional boxer Vs. Puncher affair, this battle is seen by loads of good judges as not solely a battle that’s all that’s good about modern-day boxing – the very best towards the very best, no fuss, no loopy pre-fight calls for but additionally as a battle that may check each males exhausting.

Bam is the banger of the 2, but he also can field. Edwards is the pure boxer of the 2, but he has, within the entertaining build-up present, been saying we shouldn’t be all that stunned if he will get a stoppage win; that is fairly huge speak from a man who has registered simply 4 stoppages wins in compiling his 20-0 professional report.

However by way of huge speak, 23-year-old Rodriguez, 18-0(11), has been bolder than daring in talking forward of Saturday’s battle. No, trash-talking will not be Bam’s factor – however a plan to make boxing historical past positive is.

Talking with Ringtv forward of the battle with IBF champ Edwards, WBO ruler Rodriguez says his aim, apart from successful on Saturday, is to go on to win world titles at a formidable six weights. Bam, who made his breakthrough up at 115 kilos – sensible wins over Carlos Cuadras, Srisaket sor Rungvisai, and Israel Gonzalez – has stated the Edwards battle might be his final at 112 kilos, that he’ll then return as much as 115. After which past.

“I can’t wait to get within the ring with him,” Bam stated of Sunny. “These are the sort of fights boxing wants – the very best versus the very best. We’re each younger, undefeated, and hungry. I’m solely 23. I’ve much more rising to do. It’s only a matter of time earlier than I see what weight class I actually find yourself in. I can’t wait. The long run is vivid.”

However wait, may Bam be making the deadly mistake of overlooking his newest dance associate? 27-year-old Edwards, a genuinely slick operator, says he’ll “make Rodriguez look foolish” after they share a hoop. Londoner Edwards positive has some silky strikes, and one of many outdated adages in boxing is that “the puncher by no means beats the boxer.”

However once more, the actual fact right here is that Bam isn’t any slouch as a boxer. It actually must be a captivating battle when the motion will get underway in Glendale.

If – and a few might say it’s an if – Bam wins, can he then be part of the good lower-weight fighters who managed to win a number of world titles? Manny Pacquiao, Nonito Donaire, Roman Gonzalez, and the present lower-weight sensation, Naoya Inoue.

The newest decrease weight sensation? Possibly that’s Bam Rodriguez. Bam says he’ll KO Edwards on Saturday, and possibly he’ll. And if he does so, the sky would be the restrict so far as what comes after for the southpaw from San Antonio.

Decide: Bam will halt Edwards with a physique shot someplace across the eighth spherical.