Turki Alralhikh announces BAM RODRIGUEZ VS. Fernando Martinez Unified Before Cafu Fight: A risky movement?

Turki Alalalikh has revealed that the WBC heavy weight champion, Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez, will face WBA-Belt-Tytilt Fernando Martinez (19-0, 9 kos) in a unified struggle in November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

However, Bam still needs to win his fight against the 115 LB PHUMELELA CAFU (11-0-3, 8 kos) WBO champion on July 19 at the Ford Center in The Star in Frisco, Texas. This struggle will be displayed Live in Dazn. Ring Magazine reported the news of Turki Alralikh.

Why Turki announced soon

The big question is why Turki did not wait until after Bam Rodriguez’s struggle with Phumelela Cafu before annifying the unification struggle with Argentine Fernando Martinez? To announce the struggle before the BAM game against Cafu jumps its gun, as it can lose this struggle.

It is a bad way to announce a struggle before a major unification struggle. It is something if it were a adjustment for BAM, but it is a unification match against an excellent champion.

It is not as if Rodriguez, 25, is unbeatable. We saw Bam badly fought in his fights against Cristian Gonzalez Hernandez and Israel Gonzalez. These two games show that BAM cannot walk on the water. He is human and may lose in the face of the talented Cafu Sud -African. This guy has a lot of talent and can hit.

The vulnerable jaw of Bam exposed

Bam Rodriguez is not hard to hit, and his The large jaw of the flashlight was already broken once for Cristian Gonzalez in the sixth round of his struggle in 2023. Cafu could double this effort by directing to the Bam jaw, as it is the most notable feature for him. You could also have a “Hit Me” sign.

The only reason I can see for Turki that announces the struggle of Martinez vs. Bam is to increase interest in Rordriguez’s crash against Cafu on July 19. This is a way to do it, but still, it seems bad.

Fernando Martinez, 33, looked like pure gold in his last two fights, surpassing the 115 LB Kazuto Ioka IBF champion for a couple of unanimous 12 rounds. There was really no need for resale last May, because Martinez had dominated Ioka in the first struggle in 2024, winning by the score 117-111, 120-108 and 116-112.