Jesse Rodriguez (boxer)
Updated: 12/20/2025, 12:50:50 PM Wikipedia source
Jesse James Rodriguez Franco (born January 20, 2000) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the unified World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), World Boxing Organization (WBO), and Ring magazine super flyweight titles since November 2025. He previously held the WBC super flyweight title in 2022 and the unified International Boxing Federation (IBF) and WBO flyweight titles from 2023 to 2024. In February 2022, Rodriguez won the WBC super flyweight title by defeating Carlos Cuadras, becoming the youngest world champion at that time, and the first fighter born in the 2000s to claim a world title. He defended the belt twice before moving down to flyweight and unifying the WBO and IBF titles in 2023. In June 2024, he made his return to the super flyweight division by defeating Juan Francisco Estrada to recapture the WBC super flyweight title and claim the Ring magazine belt. In July 2025, Rodriguez defeated Phumelele Cafu by TKO in the tenth round to secure the WBO super flyweight title, unifying belts in a second weight class.
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Tables
| 23 fights | 23 wins | 0 losses |
| By knockout | 16 | 0 |
| By decision | 7 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Fernando Martínez | KO | 10 (12), 1:25 | Nov 22, 2025 | anb Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Retained WBC, WBO, and The Ring super flyweight titles;Won WBA super flyweight title |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Phumelele Cafu | TKO | 10 (12), 2:07 | Jul 19, 2025 | Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas, U.S. | Retained WBC and The Ring super flyweight titles;Won WBO super flyweight title |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Pedro Guevara | TKO | 3 (12), 2:47 | Nov 9, 2024 | Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Retained WBC and The Ring super flyweight titles |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Juan Francisco Estrada | KO | 7 (12), 3:00 | Jun 29, 2024 | Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | Won WBC and The Ring super flyweight titles |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Sunny Edwards | RTD | 9 (12), 3:00 | Dec 16, 2023 | Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, Arizona, U.S. | Retained WBO flyweight title;Won IBF flyweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Cristian Gonzalez | UD | 12 | Apr 8, 2023 | Boeing Center at Techport, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | Won vacant WBO flyweight title |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Israel González | UD | 12 | Sep 17, 2022 | T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | Retained WBC super flyweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Srisaket Sor Rungvisai | TKO | 8 (12), 1:50 | Jun 25, 2022 | Tech Port Arena, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | Retained WBC super flyweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Carlos Cuadras | UD | 12 | Feb 5, 2022 | Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | Won vacant WBC super flyweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Jose Alejandro Burgos | KO | 4 (10), 1:23 | Oct 16, 2021 | Chukchansi Park, Fresno, California, U.S. | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Saúl Juárez | KO | 2 (8), 2:05 | Dec 12, 2020 | MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Janiel Rivera | KO | 1 (8), 2:03 | Sep 5, 2020 | MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Marco Sustaita | TKO | 8 (10), 1:10 | Feb 29, 2020 | Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas, U.S. | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Cesar Garcia Torrijos | TKO | 3 (10), 2:23 | Jul 27, 2019 | Event Center, Floresville, Texas, U.S. | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Rauf Aghayev | TKO | 3 (10), 2:50 | Mar 16, 2019 | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, U.S. | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Josue Morales | UD | 6 | Dec 1, 2018 | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Edwin Reyes | UD | 8 | Sep 30, 2018 | Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California, U.S. | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Armando Vazquez | KO | 3 (6), 2:18 | May 5, 2018 | Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, U.S. | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Santiago Sanchez Bayardo | TKO | 1 (4), 1:33 | Mar 9, 2018 | Mi Mercado Event Center, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Jorge Mosqueira | KO | 2 (4), 1:22 | Nov 17, 2017 | Salon Mezzanine, Tijuana, Mexico | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Robert Ledesma | UD | 4 | Jun 10, 2017 | Event Center, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Erick Jovani Negrete | TKO | 1 (4), 1:39 | Apr 28, 2017 | Salon Mezzanine, Tijuana, Mexico | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Mauricio Cruz | UD | 4 | Mar 10, 2017 | Carpa Astros, Tlalpan, Mexico |
| Sporting positions | ||||
| World boxing titles | ||||
| VacantTitle last held byJuan Francisco Estrada | WBC super flyweight champion February 5 – October 26, 2022Vacated | VacantTitle next held byJuan Francisco Estarda | ||
| VacantTitle last held byJunto Nakatani | WBO flyweight champion April 8, 2023 – March 29, 2024Vacated | VacantTitle next held byAnthony Olascuaga | ||
| Preceded bySunny Edwards | IBF flyweight champion December 16, 2023 – March 27, 2024Vacated | VacantTitle next held byÁngel Ayala | ||
| Preceded byJuan Francisco Estrada | WBC super-flyweight champion June 29, 2024 – present | Incumbent | ||
| The Ring super-flyweight champion June 29, 2024 – present | ||||
| Preceded byPhumelele Cafu | WBO super-flyweight champion July 19, 2025 – present | |||
| Preceded byFernando Martínez | WBA super-flyweight champion November 23, 2025 – present | |||
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