San Antonio Stunner
THE WHEELS may have fallen off Matchroom USA’s ‘takeover’ somewhat but that has not prevented them from producing arguably the card of the year in San Antonio this weekend. There was a time when promoter Eddie Hearn had promised to stage more than one show a month in America as part of his broadcast deal with DAZN but they are far more sporadic than that these days.
But the one at the Tech Port Arena on Saturday will take some beating, with no fewer than four mouth-watering showdowns containing legitimate élite belt-holders against worthy contenders. will look to continue his surge up the super-flyweight top 10 when he takes on the southpaw stalwart .Still only 22, Rodriguez made a huge statement in his last outing when he boxed beautifully en route to a unanimous decision victory over another of the division’s big names Carlos Cuadras, who was dropped in the third, in Phoenix in February.
