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16 in Arizona, are still enough to see Rodriguez climb to the top spot after Haney turned 25.īiggest moment or accomplishment: Rodriguez's win over Gonzalez does not surpass his finest moment, an eighth-round stoppage over the experienced Srisaket Sor Rungvisai for the WBC junior bantamweight world title in June 2022. But his achievements this year, as he prepares for a title unification fight with Sunny Edwards on Dec. 'Bam' broke his jaw in the fight, which he said 'wasn't the best performance'. The fighter: Rodriguez moved down a division to become a world champion in a second weight class in April, when he earned a comfortable, unanimous-decision win over Cristian Gonzalez to win the WBO flyweight title. Our panel of Mike Coppinger, Timothy Bradley Jr., Ben Baby, Nick Parkinson and Michael Rothstein voted and here are the results. Lightweight Keyshawn Davis, junior middleweight Xander Zayas and super middleweight contender Diego Pacheco complete the top 5, but who are the other 20 fighters on the list? Prospect Richard Torrez, who has fought four times this year, has been impressive with KO wins in all his seven fights so far. And he's not the only heavyweight on the list. In a division dominated by big names like Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua and others in recent years, it's good to have young faces making their way up. Heavyweight Jared Anderson emerged after a strong 2023 campaign to secure the No. In a sport where inactivity has kept top fighters out of the ring, it is a good sign the future of the sport is delivering not only in terms of activity, but also performance. The next four fighters on the list under the age of 25 have fought three times in 2023. Rodriguez is also a former junior bantamweight champion. 16 in a flyweight unification bout against fellow champion Sunny Edwards, could follow on their steps after capturing a flyweight world title back in April. Like Lopez before him, Haney also became the undisputed lightweight champion, and 'Bam' Rodriguez, who'll fight for the second time this year on Saturday, Dec. After aging out, Devin Haney took the top spot in 2022. was ESPN's best fighter under the age of 25 in 2021.

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