Roy Jones Jr delivers trustworthy verdict on Inoue vs ‘Bam’ Rodriguez: “He might be the very best on the earth” | Boxing Information

Jesse Rodriguez is in scorching pursuit of a conflict with Naoya Inoue, and four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr has shared his ideas on the proposed battle.

Rodriguez has captured world honours at flyweight, super-flyweight and now bantamweight, having Boxing/articles/c14yn2mn40yo” goal=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>knocked out Antonio Vargas to assert the WBA bantamweight world title earlier this month, in what was anticipated to be a pitstop on path to an Inoue battle at super-bantamweight.

That appeared to alter following that win, as his coach Robert Garcia declared he would favor ‘Bam’ to have yet one more battle at 118lbs earlier than transferring up once more to tackle Inoue, with WBO world champion Christian Medina showing the most probably opponent.

It due to this fact appears as if Rodriguez will delay the Inoue battle till 2027, however Jones Jr informed ATS Boxing that the choice doesn’t imply that the Texan is ducking ‘The Monster’.

“Inoue is not only one other fighter. He isn’t any person the place you’re simply going to stroll in off of the road and beat him, you’ve got to be able to cope with all of these issues.

“That’s why I’m positive that Garcia needs him to get a battle at 122lbs to get used to that first, so at the least he is aware of, or has a really feel, what he’s coping with, then we battle.

“He stated, ‘one battle, then we battle’. That’s not a duck recreation, that’s simply him getting his fighter ready.”

Jones then went on to spotlight the significance of the battle, believing that Rodriguez may assume Inoue’s place because the pound-for-pound primary if he is ready to hand the Japanese famous person a primary profession defeat.

“If he goes and challenges and defeats Inoue, he could grow to be the primary pound-for-pound man within the sport proper now.” 

It’s rumoured that Inoue-Rodriguez will happen in February 2027, with each males anticipated to face alternate opponents within the autumn.