Rising prospect Joshua Pagan remained unbeaten on Saturday night time because the Salita Promotions sensation dominated veteran Braulio Rodriguez throughout six rounds to stroll away with a unanimous choice by the rating of 60-52 3 times in motion at Motor Metropolis On line casino in Detroit.
Pagan (9-0, 4 KOs) dropped Rodriguez (20-8, 17 KOs) twice all through the bout that marked his fifth victory of a busy 2023. After preventing at 140-pounds on Saturday, Pagan declared his intention to start campaigning at 135 kilos and set his sights on a championship run in a star-studded division that features the likes of Gervonta Davis, Devin Haney, Shakur Stevenson and extra.
“It was an excellent combat on Saturday towards an skilled opponent that gave me a great check,” mentioned Pagan. “It felt nice to get the rounds and expertise in and see what I have to work on for the subsequent camp. I’m going to give attention to preventing at light-weight and I actually really feel as I preserve enhancing, I’m going to be able to face the most effective 135 pound champions and contenders.”
The 23-year-old Pagan will look to stay sharp as he now prepares to depart imminently to Puerto Rico along with his coach Theo Chambers to as soon as once more work alongside Jake Paul forward of his introduced ring return in December.
The Grand Rapids, Michigan native first burst onto the nationwide scene as an newbie when he received the 2021 U.S. Beginner Welterweight Nationwide Championship with a unanimous choice over Keon Davis. Now simply a few years faraway from that triumph, he’ll proceed to make his case for contender standing, now at light-weight.
“Joshua is enhancing with every combat and getting quicker, stronger and sharper,” mentioned Dmitriy Salita, President of Salita Promotions. “I consider that he’s a drive to be reckoned with within the light-weight division and goes so as to add a variety of taste to a really proficient weight class within the very close to future.”
