Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez looks to make more history as he moves up to bantamweight to face WBA champion Antonio Vargas on Saturday in Arizona.

Bam Rodriguez (23-0, 16 KO) will face Vargas (19-1-1, 11 KO) at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale.

The two-division world champion wants to conquer a third weight class, having already won the flyweight and super flyweight world titles.

The 26-year-old Texan united the division with: Knockout of Fernando Martinez in the 10th round in November.

“Bam” is expected to return to 115 pounds to challenge Andrew Moloney for the undisputed crown later this year and then face undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue.

Vargas defended his WBA bantamweight crown in July, although he drew with Daigo Higa.

Bam Rodriguez vs. Vargas – date, place, start time and ring walk

• The fight will take place on Saturday, June 13, live from the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, UK
• Broadcast will start at 16:00 PT/19:00 ET/12:00 BST (Sunday)
• Main event will start around 7:30 PM PT / 10:30 PM ET / 3:30 AM BST (Sunday)

Bam Rodriguez vs. Vargas – how to watch

• The card can be watched live worldwide on DAZN

Bam Rodriguez vs Vargas – last three fights

Bam Rodriguez

• Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez bt Fernando Martinez – 10th round KO
• Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez bt Phyulela Cafu – TKO, round 10
• Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez bt Pedro Guevara – TKO, 3rd round

Antonio Vargas

• Antonio Vargas – Daigo Higa (official video)
• Antonio Vargas bt Winston Guerrero – TKO in the 10th round
• Antonio Vargas bt Jonathan Rodriguez – 7th round RTD

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Bam Rodriguez vs. Vargas – Undercard

• Arturo Cardenas (17-0-2, 9 KO) vs. Jordan Martinez (16-0-1, 15 KO) – WBC Continental Americas super bantamweight title
• Elif Nur Turhan (13-0, 8 KO) vs Gabriela Tellez (7-0, 3 KO) – IBF lightweight world title
• Adrian Rodriguez (10-0, 6 KO) vs. Elias Montoya Terrazzo (13-0, 8 KO) – lightweight
• Ronny Alvarez (6-0, 5 KO) vs. Filip Stankovic (9-3, 6 KO) – super middleweight
• Trini Ochoa (21-1, 9 KO) vs. Cristian Perez Hernandez (12-4-1, 7 KO) – super lightweight
• Hector Beltran (7-0, 5 KO) vs. Shaquile Felicia (3-1, 1 KO) – super welterweight
• Xechal Xavier Esquivel (5-0, 4 KO) vs. Rayshawn Taylor (1-1-1, 1 KO) – featherweight

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On Saturday, Tommy Fury will face the toughest challenge of his boxing career when he meets former World’s Strongest Man, Eddie Hall, in Manchester.

Fury (11-0, 4 KO) will face Hall (0-0) at the AO Arena.

The once good friends will fight six two-minute rounds in an MF Pro Exhibition fight that will not be broken by either fighter’s record.

Fury recorded consecutive victories over internet sensations Jake Paul and KSI, before overtaking Kenan Hanjalic in a modest victory in Hungary last year.

Hall has only had one boxing fight before and lost a unanimous decision to Thor Bjornsson at the 2022 show.

The 38-year-old is expected to be at least 10 stone heavier than his rival and there are no weight limits or hydration clauses in their heavyweight clash, despite the huge weight difference.

Fury vs Hall – date, place, start time and ring walk

• The pair will fight on Saturday, June 13, live at the AO Arena in Manchester, UK
• Broadcast will start at 6pm BST/1pm ET/10am PT
• The main event will start around 22:00 BST / 17:00 ET / 14:00 PT

Fury vs Hall – date, place, start time and ring walk

• The card can be viewed live worldwide on DAZN pay-per-view and via DAZN Ultimate

Fury vs. Hall – Undercard

• Anthony Taylor vs. Matty Floyd
• Swarmz vs. BDave
• Huge Stacks vs. Armz
• The final boss of Ibiza vs. Jordan McCann
• Jade Jones vs. Federica Riccio
• Adam Brooks vs. Rahim Pardesi fight

Fury vs. Hall – what was said?

“In settlement [I’ll weigh] about 150 kilograms,” Hall told reporters Professional boxing fans.

“I think Tommy will be around 100 points.

“So we’re talking about a weight difference of 50 kilograms, which is quite significant. 10 stone.

“I’ll be very surprised if Tommy stands there and fights me.”

“Of course I’m willing to cooperate,” Fury said Professional boxing fans.

I want it to be a fan-friendly fight.

“No one wants to see me backing down all night long.

“I have a game plan ready.

“People who come in the evening and buy tickets will not leave having seen the stinkiest.

“I’m going to total war. I want it to be a fight for the ages.”

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Josh Padley defended his European super featherweight title for the first time at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield, beating Aqib Fiaz by split decision on Saturday.

Padley (19-1, 6 KO) scored to stop Jaouad Belmehdi in the second round to win the vacant European belt in January. Fiaz (14-2, 2 KO) retired after eight bouts for the Commonwealth crown against Reece Bellotti in 2023 and has since lost only twice, with his last victory on points coming against Alex Murphy last July.

In the second, Fiaz pushed the Yorkshireman back into the ropes and went to the body, disturbing his opponent.

The pair opened up in round three and Fiaz landed well to the body again in round four, clearly hurting Padley as he bravely finished the round.

The bodywork was evident again in the fifth round, but the champion fired back and pushed Fiaz away in the seventh round to gain a foothold.

The pace increased as Padley began to tighten the screws, but in the ninth round ‘Ambush’ put Padley under a lot of pressure and the 30-year-old once again survived the session in bleak conditions.

Padley, who had lost his world title fight to Shakur Stevenson, rallied and a left hand rocked Fiaz to the core in the 10th, and he kept landing as the fight came to an end.

Fiaz was deducted a point for a headbutt, and as the fight reached its climax, the pair went mad with lust for leather.

Scores of 115-113 and 114-113 allowed Padley to retain the belt, while the third score was 114-113 in favor of Fiaz.

Sulaimaan is the English champion

On the card below, Ibraheem Sulaimaan won the English super featherweight title with a crushing points defeat against Ibrahim Nadim (16-2, 2 KO).

Sulaimaan (11-0, 5 KO) looked at two cards and the third judge declared him the winner 98-92.

Undercard remaining

Potential middleweight contender Aaron Bowen (8-1, 6 KO) proved to be too much of a challenge for Troy Coleman (15-5-1, 7 KO), who won his ninth and penultimate stoppage victory in their fight.

Leon Atang (7-0, 6 KO) didn’t need long to defeat Fouad Shaili (5-5-2, 3 KO), as the heavyweight hope prevailed in just over two minutes and 30 minutes of the first round of the fight.

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In the super featherweight division, Adam Maca (6-0, 5 KO) was forced to go the distance for the first time and won all six frames in defeating Cesar Ignacio Paredes (18-35-1, 5 KO), and featherweight newcomer Edward Hardy (7-0, 3 KO) stopped Jesus Carrasco (2-5-2) in the final round of the fight, after which both received multiple point deductions.

Connor Mitchell (3-0, 2 KO) needed just over two minutes to defeat Super Featherweight Rodrigo Matias Areco (5-22-2), and in the only four-round fight, Chris Mulunda (3-0) won all four middleweight rounds against Connor Goulding (6-13).

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