Joshua Franco was a teenager with a keen interest in boxing, and he would soon parlay that into an outstanding professional career. Franco is now 27 and holds the WBA super flyweight title. He fought WBO champion Kazuto Ioka on New Year's Eve in Tokyo for the unified championship. Though most observers felt Franco had won, it was scored a majority draw.
Rodriguez, now 23, didn't have the passion for boxing that his older brother had, but as so often happens, Rodriguez tagged along to the gym with Franco one day. It wasn't long before Rodriguez himself knew he'd found his sport, and the path to stardom was born.
There have even in the last three decades been some all-time great fighters at 115 and below, such as Michael Carbajal, Ricardo"Finito" Lopez and Roman"Chocolatito" Gonzalez. But they they eventually built themselves into stars, they were never able to push those divisions forward and get boxing fans in large numbers to watch.
"It's too bad but I guess it's because of the weight, a lot of people don't bother to watch," Rodriguez said."Obviously, we're not attracting the casual fans, but they're truly missing out on the greater fighters. These are the weight classes where you see so much action and unbelievable fights. A lot of people say that they're better fights than the big pay-per-view fights [featuring much heavier boxers].
When he was coming up, the plan for him was to try to reel off championships at 108, 112 and 115, and while making 108 is no longer possible, he makes 112 comfortably. If he cleans out that division, the possibility exists he'd once again be at 115 and in the same division as his older brother. As for them squaring off nose-to-nose with all of the belts on the line, Rodriguez just laughs off the thought.
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