Tim Bradley makes KO prediction for Naoya Inoue vs ‘Bam’ Rodriguez after newest win: “Six rounds” | Boxing Information

Jesse Rodriguez is coming off a knockout win in opposition to Antonio Vargas, capturing the WBA bantamweight titl and transferring nearer to going through Naoya Inoue within the course of.

Following Inoue’s win over Junto Nakatani final month, he has been linked with a pound-for-pound showdown in opposition to Rodriguez, who vacated his unified super-flyweight crown forward of the Vargas bout.

Boxing/articles/c14yn2mn40yo” goal=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Rodriguez required solely six rounds to dethrone the bantamweight champion upon his debut within the division, however admitted that he felt an actual distinction within the new division.

Talking on his YouTube channel, two-weight world champion Tim Bradley suggested Rodriguez to spend some extra time within the bantamweight division earlier than he strikes up as soon as extra in pursuit of a shot at Inoue’s undisputed super-bantamweight title.

“Bam has super abilities, pound-for-pound, Inoue is on the pound-for-pound checklist, however is he prepared proper now, like the subsequent combat? Hell no. I believe that Bam wants a pair extra touches.

“I believe that Robert Garcia is so much smarter than [people realise]. Robert Garcia simply answering questions is one factor, however the Robert Garcia that I speak to is a really good coach, in a way of how he strikes his fighters, he’s a supervisor too.”

“He is aware of that Bam will not be prepared and he is aware of that efficiency was somewhat shaky, as nicely, as a result of one factor about Robert Garcia is that he’s actual and he was a former fighter, so he understands.”

Bradley beforehand predicted that Inoue would show to be ‘too explosive’ for the Texan and, after seeing Rodriguez tackle Vargas, he has doubled down.

“I don’t assume he’s prepared but, this leap to 118lbs in opposition to this specific champion, who has been knocked out earlier than, that chin was there for the taking. I really feel like, even through the combat, I felt like Bam’s energy didn’t translate like I did at 115lbs.”

“If Bam introduced this sort of efficiency to an Inoue combat, it wouldn’t go previous six rounds.” 

Inoue-Rodriguez is being slated for January 2027, with WBO bantamweight world champion Christian Medina believed to be subsequent on Rodriguez’s radar.