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Jack Turner expects power to translate up divisions, eyes future Bam Rodriguez duel
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Jack Turner expects power to translate up divisions, eyes future Bam Rodriguez duel
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Jan 17, 2026
Jan 17, 2026
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Liverpool's hard-hitting Jack Turner is a rising junior bantamweight who believes his days making the 115-pound limit won't last forever, but wants to test himself against the very best, believing his power will translate once he does move up in weight...
Fans tune in to the junior bantamweight division expecting to see high octane, technical chess.
Liverpool's Jack Turner is only 13 fights into his professional career but has already shown time and again that he only needs one shot to finish a fight.
On February 7 he gets another chance to demonstrate his destructive power when he boxes in a scheduled 10-rounder at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena. DAZN will broadcast the action, as part of the undercard preceding Nick Ball-Brandon Figueroa.
"Eventually I'm going to move up weights in the future and believe I've got that power where I can carry it into different weight divisions," Turner (13-0, 12 KOs) told Queensberry.
"For now, I'm just focusing on the junior bantamweight division and hopefully big things are coming for me."
For years, the junior bantamweight division was the reserve of boxing's hardcore.
Roman Gonzalez, Juan Francisco Estrada and Sor Rungvisai catapulted the weight class into public consciousness. Naoya Inoue then picked up the baton and ran with it.
Now, unified WBC, WBA and WBO champion Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez stands alone at the top of the 115 pound rankings. The brilliant Texan also holds The Ring championship belt and is ranked No. 3 on the pound-for-pound list.
Turner and the division's other prospects are benefiting from the spotlight Rodriguez is providing.
"I rate him very much," Turner said.
"I think he's an unbelievable fighter and I'd love to get a chance to fight him. I really would. I think pound for pound, he's going to be one of the world's best fighters. He's got to be."
That hasn't stopped Turner placing Rodriguez at the very top of his hitlist.
Turner is currently ranked at No. 6 by the WBA and No. 10 with the WBO but things can move quickly for fighters in the lower weight divisions, particularly those capable of generating the type of excitement he does.
Turner's recent win over Nicolas Muguruza showed exactly where the 23-year-old currently stands. For five rounds, the previously undefeated Argentine posed him plenty of problems but the moment Turner got his feet into range and landed cleanly, the fight was over.
Turner will know that he must improve if he's to challenge the division’s top names but is also extremely confident that one-punch power gives him a chance against anybody.
"All I need is just one shot and if I catch them on the chin or hit them in the right spot, I don't believe that they're getting up," he said.
"I believe he [Rodriguez] is a very, very good fighter and of course I want to fight the best. I wouldn't be in the sport if I didn’t want to fight the best. I just need that opportunity. I don't know if he's going to move up, what he's going to do, but all I want is to fight the best."
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