Jesse Rodriguez

Jesse James Rodriguez Franco (born January 20, 2000) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes and is currently the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version) bantamweight champion. In February 2022, after moving up two weight classes, 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, and later added the WBA title by knocking out Fernando Martínez.