BAM-PUMA POSSIBLY IN MAY Eddie Hearn: "We want (Bam) to fight Puma Martinez. I spoke to Luis De Cubas this week and said 'Do you want to make the fight?' (Turki) knows the P4P list and probably the only member that's missing from Riyadh Season is Jesse Rodriguez..In an ideal world we will make Bam vs Puma in May." (@SiChrisMannix)
REED Loooooves Bam But Would Pick Him to LOSE to Inoue and/or Nakatani...Bam Could MAYBE Defeat a Declining Inoue In a Year or 3, But REED Can't See Bam EVER Overcoming the Physical Advantages Nakatani Would Have Over Him... Both Fights NEED to Happen Though, Eventually... REED
Big statement. I don't necessarily rule it out because Bam is an incredible talent imo, but "thrashing" is a big statement. Anything specifically that makes you think that? I hope it happens btw, a question too - what would a win over Bam do for Inoue's legacy?
https://x.com/MoBoxingNP/status/1993574601516007530?t=C6HrzD5j1YNBPta7R-0wkg&s=19 If rodriguez can't become undisputed his coach says hes going to 118 Nothing much there for him unfortunately. The most lucrative opponent unfortunately would be interim champ geriatric donaire Kinda sux he may have to go through the motions unless he jumps up 2 divisions to face inoue or nakatani
Oh yes, such a chasm. inoue is a huge 7 pounds bigger. A human male in his mid 20s taking that much weight is unheard of.
Definitely Sucks Being THAT Close to Undisputed.... Moloney's a DUMBFUCK; He Could Command $100K MINIMUM in Step Aside Money, from Matchroom...Perhaps as MUCH as $250k-$500k, Considering the HISTORY @ Stake in Bam's Case...Eddie Hearn Just MIGHT Overpay for the Right to Promote an "Undisputed Champion" in Bam... & Bam Would Obviously VACATE Immediately After Becoming Undisputed, So Moloney Would GET His Title Shot ANYfuckingWAYS....Motherfucker is Basically ROBBING Himself of an Extra Fight Purse By Cock Blocking like This... REED Was Thinking Bam vs Tenshin Could've Done Good Business in Japan, But Bam vs Takuma Inoue Would Also Sell Over There & Creates a Potential STORYLINE for Bam vs Big Bro Naoya Down the Line...That Said, the Top Rank Telecast Mentioned Kazuto Ioka as a Likely Next Opponent for Takuma... PERSONALLY, REED Would Delay Bam vs Naoya Inoue or Junto Nakatani Until 2027 (for Bam's Sake), But He Keeps SAYING "End of 2026"...Instead of Playing it Safe, Bam Wants to FAFO... REED
For DIAPERWEIGHTS, Pounds Aren't as Significant as % of Body Weight Is...7lbs is a LOT More to Bam Rodriguez Than it Is to ANY Other Fighter Appearing on Lb for Lb Lists.... REED
Yes , but not really relevant in this case. If we were talking about a 30 or 40 pounds weight gains, of course a guy like beterbiev would carry it much better than bam,. But 7 pounds is an insignificant amount of weights (especially in the PED era), even for a midget. He just has to drink a few glasses of waters and not take his morning dump and tada, he's a super bantam. Not to mention that Inoue is also a guy that moved up quite a few weight classes. If/when they fight, there won't be a significant (if any) size difference between the 2
disagREED... Bam Rodriuez is a SHORTER, SLIGHTER Built Man Than Naoya Inoue Is...Bam is NATURALLY Smaller Than Inoue...Bam Looks Like a Teen Aged BOY Shirtless, Whereas Even for a Little Dude, Inoue is a Chiseled MAN...They're Both SMALL, Yet One is CLEARLY Bigger Than the Other... Bam's Never Had a MEANINGFUL Fight Above 115, a Weight Inoue Hasn't Campaigned @ Since 2017...That Same Year, Bam was Fighting @ 105...Let's Also NOT Forget, Inoue was in SERIOUS Discussions to Move Up to '26 THIS YEAR...The Picasso Fight in a Couple Weeks COULD Have Instead Been Nick Ball for a FEATHERWEIGHT Title... The Idea of Bam in a FEATHERWEIGHT Fight in 2025 Would Be Laughed @... Jumping 2 Weight Classes ISN'T Normal in Boxing...We Can't Minimize That Just Because the Weight Jump In this Case is "Only" 7 Pounds...Jumping 2 Weight Classes to Face a Top 3 Lb for Lb Guy, On Top of That?! REED
Fortunately, Bam seems to disagree with you and has stated he wanted to face Inoue sooner rather than later. So we might get an aswer to this debate in a few months
