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In a bit of news that slipped by this past Sunday, Top Rank’s Carl Morretti told The Ring’s Ryan Songalia that former two-division champion Jose Pedraza will meet rising prospect Julian “Hammer Hands” Rodriguez in ESPN’s June 12th Shakur Stevenson vs Jeremiah Nakathila co-feature.
“Sniper” Pedraza (28-3, 13 KO) got a rough welcome to the super lightweight division from Jose Zepeda two Septembers ago, but has looked damn sharp since, handily outclassing both Mikkel LesPierre and Javier Molina in the span of two months. He represents a considerable step up in class for the 26-year-old Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KO), who only graduated to 10-rounders last year in his pair of quick finishes over Anthony Laureano and Jose Eduardo Lopez Rodriguez.