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Bam Rodriguez vs Cafu: Why Tomorrow’s 115-Pound Clash Could Steal the Show
Jul 18, 2025
As special as all the other big fights that are going down tomorrow night could be – Usyk-Dubois II, Barrios-Pacquiao, Fundora-Tszyu II, and more – the fight between rival 115 pounders Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and Phumelela Cafu could prove to be the best action fight of the whole night.
The two will clash in a unification fight in Frisco, Texas, live on DAZN, and while “Bam” is a big, big betting favourite, those people who have seen Cafu in action know how tough he is, how dangerously determined a fighter he is. Rodriguez is aware of the risk involved in tomorrow’s fight, and as he said when speaking with The Ring, he has “everything to lose.”
It’s already been announced that “Bam” will engage in another unification fight in November, this against Fernando Martinez. But all bets will be off should Cafu, unbeaten as is Rodriguez, pull off the upset tomorrow.
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“I don’t know much about him, to be honest, but he did go on the road to get that big win in Japan against Kosei Tanaka in October for the (WBO) title,” Rodriguez, 21-0(14) said. “I know he’s coming in motivated to do the same against me in Texas. I just know that there is a lot of risk for me. I have everything to lose. Cafu has nothing to lose and everything to gain. That motivates me to make sure that doesn’t happen. I’m staying hungry with that mentality.”
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