Live Results: Cruz vs. Roach – Round by Round Coverage From San Antonio

Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz (28-3-2, 18 KOs) retained his WBC interim mild welterweight title with a 12-round majority draw in opposition to the late-surging Lamont Roach (25-1-3, 10 KOs) on Saturday evening on the Frost Financial institution Heart in San Antonio, Texas.

The scores

115-111 – Cruz
113-113
113-113

‘Pitbull’ dropped Roach in spherical three with a pleasant proper hand and managed many of the first six rounds. Nonetheless, Cruz gassed out within the second half of the competition, permitting Roach to get again into the combat. Within the seventh, the referee docked a degree from ‘Pitbull’ for hitting beneath the belt, nailing Roach within the bottom.

For Roach, he can’t be proud of the draw, as a result of he wanted the victory to open the door for him to get a title shot in opposition to WBC champion Subriel Matias, in addition to different massive fights. Now, all he can hope for is Shakur Stevenson giving him a title shot at light-weight for his WBC belt.

Undercard outcomes

O’Shaquie Foster (24-3, 12 KOs) made it look simple, defeating Stephen Fulton (24-2, 8 KOs) by a large 12-round unanimous choice to seize the WBC interim light-weight title within the co-feature. Fulton was surprisingly misplaced within the combat, unable to mount any offense in opposition to Foster’s superior ability.

At most, Fulton fought properly sufficient to win spherical two, however that was it. Foster dominated along with his strain and defensive abilities in opposition to the light-hitting Fulton. The scores had been 117-111, 118-110, and 119-109. So far, solely one of many undercard fights has been respectable to observe on tonight’s costly $74.99 PPV card.

Erislandy Lara (32-3-3, 19 KOs) labored to a uninteresting 12-round unanimous choice in opposition to alternative opponent Johan Gonzalez (36-5, 34 KOs) in a profitable protection of his WBA middleweight title. The 42-year-old Cuban Lara dropped Gonzalez in rounds one and twelve with left arms. Aside from that, he did the minimal, taking just a few probabilities in opposition to the overmatched sub. The scores had been 118-108, 119-107, and 120-106.

Jesus Ramos Jr. (24-1, 19 KOs) dominated Shane Mosley Jr. (22-5-1, 12 KOs), beating him by a 12-round unanimous choice in middleweight motion. It was a one-sided combat with Ramos Jr. touchdown quite a lot of left arms in opposition to the light-hitting Mosley Jr. There wasn’t a lot variation with Ramos Jr’s offense. It was all left arms, however that’s all he wanted for this stage of opponent.

The scores had been:

The 24-year-old Ramos Jr. harm Mosley Jr. within the eleventh spherical with a left to the pinnacle, and flurried on him to attempt to end him. Mosley Jr. confirmed a very good chin, weathering the storm.

Frank ‘The Ghost’ Martin (19-0, 13 KOs) bought off to a very good begin in his debut at 140, knocking out former two-division world champion Rances Barthelemy (30-4-1, 15 KOs) within the fourth spherical in a scheduled 10-round prelim combat.

Coming off a year-and-a-half layoff, Martin dropped the 39-year-old Cuban Barthelemy twice within the fourth spherical with left arms.

Within the second knockdown. Martin nailed Barthelemy with a straight left to the jaw that put him down flat on his again. The referee then stepped in and halted the competition at 2:56 of spherical 4. Martin had an excessive amount of pace for Barthelemy and took benefit of that all through the combat.

Within the first spherical, Barthelemy was the busier fighter, touchdown frequent jabs in opposition to the shorter Martin. In rounds two and three. ‘The Ghost’ consistently turned, making it troublesome for Barthelemy to land. The fixed motion additionally negated Martin’s personal offense, as he landed little or no in these rounds.

General, Martin seemed good, however he had the proper opponent in entrance of him with an older, lighter puncher coming off a 20-month layoff. We’ll see how good Martin is that if he faces one of many youthful mild welterweights like Gary Antuanne Russell, Subriel Matias, or Richardson Hitchins. It could be a distinct story than what we noticed tonight.

The principle card tonight begins at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 PM PT on PBC on Prime Video PPV. The prelims begin at 5:30 pm ET / 2:30 PM PT.

Important card on Amazon Prime Video PPV

Isaac Cruz vs. Lamont Roach
O’Shaquie Foster vs. Stephen Fulton Jr.
Erislandy Lara vs. Johan Gonzalez
Jesus Ramos Jr. vs. Shane Mosley Jr.

‘Pitbull’ Cruz Defends Interim IBF 140

Cruz (28-3-1, 18 KOs) might be attempting to retain his WBC mild welterweight interim belt in opposition to Roach (25-1-2, 10 KOs), who’s developing from 135 after preventing to a 12-round attract his final contest in opposition to Gervonta Davis.

In a combat that might steal the present on the cardboard, O’Shaquie Foster (23-3, 12 KOs) battles Stephen Fulton Jr. (23-1, 8 KOs) for the vacant WBC interim light-weight title. They had been imagined to be preventing for Foster’s WBC tremendous featherweight title, however Fulton got here in chubby by two kilos final Friday on the weigh-in. The WBC selected to have the interim 135-lb belt obtainable for his or her combat.