The event of Nathan Rodriguez is off the charts.
The unbeaten featherweight will face Bryan Mercado tonight on the Pechanga Resort and On line casino in Temecula, California. The eight-round bout will precede the principle occasion between welterweights Jose Zepeda and Ivan Redkach.
Each fights will stream stay on DAZN (11 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. PT).
Rodriguez (15-0, 10 knockouts), who resides within the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera, is the son of promoter Marv Rodriguez, who has seen vital progress and improvement working with coach Eddy Reynoso.
Marv Rodriguez believes his son will solely proceed getting higher, and will have a breakthrough yr in 2025.
“Nathan is unquestionably a prospect you wish to preserve your eye out for,” Marv Rodriguez instructed The Ring on Thursday morning. “He has proven progress, as he has fought in a number of eight and 10-round fights. His elusive protection, slick head motion, pace, and energy proceed to enhance, particularly after having the privilege to study from a world-class coach like Eddy Reynoso. Very quickly, he’ll flip from a promising prospect to a reputable contender.
“(On Friday, Nathan) can have the chance to showcase his expertise to the world as soon as once more, preventing on a significant platform like DAZN for the fourth time in his younger profession. He’s seeking to keep busy in 2024, closing out the yr robust and appears ahead to large fights in 2025.”
The 20-year-old defeated Alexander Mejia by majority resolution on Might 6 of final yr. The win over Mejia was on the largest stage of his profession, to this point, because the struggle came about on the undercard of the Canelo Alvarez-John Ryder struggle at Estadio Akron in Zapopan, Mexico, a suburb of Guadalajara.
In his final bout on June 28, Rodriguez dominated Jose Saant, forcing him to stay on his stool and never come out for spherical 4.
5 weeks earlier than the win over Saant, Rodriguez squared off in opposition to Andres Ampan in a conflict of unbeaten featherweight prospects, scoring a knockout win on the finish of spherical three.
Other than the US and Mexico, Rodriguez has fought six occasions as a professional in Costa Rica.
Mercado (11-5-1, 6 KOs), who’s initially from Quito, Ecuador and now lives and trains in Las Vegas, Nevada, was stopped by Jhon Bolano on the finish of spherical 9 of his final struggle on March 13.
The 29-year-old has misplaced 4 of his final 5 fights, together with a knockout loss to Rene Tellez Giron on March 30 of final yr.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]
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