TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
THEY say it takes a lifetime to become an overnight success. For many fights fans, 2022 has been the year they discovered a super-flyweight gem in Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez. Yet for the 22-year-old himself, it’s been the culmination of a lifetime of toil and struggle, both for him and his entire family.
“I’ve been boxing for almost 13 years now, so a lot of people don’t know the lot of hard work and sacrifice I’ve been through,” he tells Boxing News. “Not only me, but my family. My family went through so much during my amateur career. We were so broke and it was hard to get to tournaments. We had to do fundraisers, get loans from different companies. It was a hard time. But it’s all part of the process. And I’m so blessed to have the
