As Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez prepares for his upcoming fight with Juan Francisco Estrada on June 29, he took some time to answer some questions from Fight Hype about what this opportunity means to him and taking this fight a little personally. Check out what he had to say below.

Rodriguez looks to solidify his credibility with a victory over Estrada

“People keep excluding me for some reason. They don’t believe I am who I am, especially Estrada. He’s been discrediting my wins since about 2022, so this fight means a lot to me to prove him wrong, prove the boxing world wrong and fight for another title – all of that put together. I’ll just come with everything.

About whether this fight will be personal for him

“Yes, just because of what he said. I want to prove him wrong, prove his team wrong.”

About being much younger than Estrada and whether that will matter in the fight

“Yes. I’m a lot fresher. I’m only 24. Like you said, he’s maybe 10 years older than me, so he’s been through a lot of wars, it’s probably taken its toll on him, but I’m expecting the best from Estrada. That’s what I’m preparing for.”

During a sparring session with Roman Gonzalez

“It was actually my first sparring with him, but he gave me a bit of confidence. After all, it was just sparring, but it was still a good job. I believe he does some things similar to Estrada, so whenever I was there I was working on the things I was going to do in the fight.”

Kenshiro Teraji plans to move up to flyweight and fight for the vacant WBC title, and Salvador Rodriguez of ESPN reports that Teraji officially requested fight against the sanctioning body.

Teraji currently holds the WBC and WBA junior flyweight titles, and generally speaking, sanctioning bodies allow a champion to step up and fight for another if the need arises.

Teraji (23-1, 14 KO) first won the WBC 108-pound belt in 2017 and held it until a disheartening loss to Masamichi Yabuki in 2021, recording five successful defenses. In March, he regained the belt from Yabuki in a direct rematch. 2022, and less than eight months later he crushed Hiroto Kyoguchi to unify the WBA title.

Since then, the 32-year-old Teraji has defended his unified crown three times, most recently on January 1, 2010 on 23 after a hard-fought victory over Carlos Canizales.

Teraji has fought in the junior flyweight division throughout his career, and turned professional 10 years ago in August this year.

The WBC flyweight title until recently belonged to Julio Cesar Martinez, who at the end of May decided to resign and change weight.

Currently, the top five WBC flyweight contenders are Angel Ayala, Francisco Rodriguez Jr, Cristofer Rosales, Sunlit Edwards and Galal Yafai. Ayala could have fought Teraji, but she was also ordered by the IBF to fight Dave Apolinario for the vacant title.

As Frank Martin approaches his June 15 fight in Las Vegas, where he will headline a fight against Gervonta “Tank” Davis, Martin spends a few minutes talking to TMZ about his thoughts on the fight and why he’s ready to take advantage of it times.

Martin on how he feels before the fight

“I feel good, man. Just tapering. You know, we’ve got about two weeks, so we’re dialing back the intensity and being edged, but mentally we’re staying on track. That’s the most critical thing.”

About what challenges Tank faces

“I feel like it gives us a lot of challenges. He’s a balanced, well-rounded player, so he’ll bring out the best in me.”

About how he was the first to defeat Tank

“I feel like I have a lot of things that he and the world and a lot of people might not expect. So I’m just ready to go in there and seize the moment. “

About being the underdog in a match

“This shit has come together. You know what I say: “Bet with me, win with me.” This shit is one of those things, I like it. I devour it, it fuels me, so it is what it is. It’s not going to change, so I just have to go out and do something unexpected.

About how the victory over Tank will affect his career

“It means everything. You know, for many players this moment doesn’t come so easily. So if I get that and I can change the seat, get in that seat, it’s a blessing to have that opportunity.