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“AJ CAN’T BE CHANGED”

“JOSHUA’S GOT BETTER SKILLS THAN WILDER. HE’S A COMPLETE ATHLETE. HE’LL PROVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WRONG”

HOW has learning he’ll soon be a parent affected Jesse Rodriguez?

When somebody’s expecting their first baby, it does change the way they think. His mentality has changed; he’s a little bit more focused and serious about life itself. It makes a big change on any human being.

There’s situations where a fighter thinks a little more about risking his health and life in the ring, where fighters hold back a little when they start having a family. It’s something that could work both ways. We won’t see until fight night, but from what it looks like now in training camp and showing us the hunger that he has during sparring, it looks like it’s motivated

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