Junior bantamweight Daniel Barrera favors Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez over Juan Francisco Estrada of their upcoming bout, believing youth would be the deciding issue.
Barrera just lately defeated Christian Robles on the Chumash On line casino and Resort.
Barrera (7-0-1, 4 KOs), 22, competes on the similar weight as Rodriguez and Estrada. Regardless of additionally coaching in Riverside, California, Barrera has not but sparred with Rodriguez however has sparred with Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, whom he credit with serving to him transition from novice to skilled boxing.
“Clearly, Estrada is among the greatest within the division, he’s a veteran within the sport,” Barrera stated. “If Bam took his coaching camp critically and was 100 per cent devoted, I really feel like Bam can pull it off simply because Estrada is getting on the older aspect. Estrada will nonetheless be a troublesome fighter regardless, however I feel Bam has the abilities to tug this struggle off.”
Barrera is keen to spar with Rodriguez, too.
“I’ve but to spar him, however that’s one particular person I do need to spar,” Barrera added. “What I can say about him as a fighter is he is an outstanding fighter. He dominated Sunny Edwards, which I believed he was going to do, however that’s nice expertise for him. I do know he and ‘Chocolatito’ [Roman Gonzalez] simply sparred. I’m wondering how that sparring went; it most likely went very well.”
Nicknamed “Chucky”, Barrera acknowledges he’s two to 3 years away from a title shot, concentrating on the age 24 or 25 for that chance and hoping to face Rodriguez if circumstances align.
“That might be an excellent struggle to placed on for all of the followers,” Barrera stated. “If he’s nonetheless at 115 by the point I get there, then that’ll be nice. He could retire, he could transfer as much as 118, you by no means know. If we now have the chance, I might like to get in there with Bam.”
