Lamont Roach Jr. to move up in weight to face Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz
The reigning WBA junior lightweight champion, Lamont Roach Jr., will move up to 140 pounds to face Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz for the WBC interim super lightweight title on December 6 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. The fight will be the main event of a PBC pay-per-view on Prime Video. Roach (25-1-2, 10 KOs) changed course after a proposed rematch in August with Gervonta “Tank” Davis fell apart and his rival went on to face Jake Paul in an exhibition in November. Roach fought Davis and earned a controversial majority draw in March. Instead of waiting for the outcome of the Paul-Davis fight, Roach will seek to become interim champion at 140 pounds, making it his third consecutive fight competing in a different weight category. Cruz (28-3-1, 18 KOs) lost by a close decision to Davis in December 2021. Since that fight, he has had a record of 6-1, winning the vacant WBC super lightweight title in his last fight when he defeated Omar Salcido in July. Fighting from Mexico City, Cruz and his team see this fight as an opportunity to become the next big star in the country, saying it is the “most important fight of his career”.We hope this fight pushes Cruz to that conversation.This is the biggest moment Isaac Cruz has had in his career. This is even bigger than the first fight with ‘Tank’ because Mexico is looking for a new face of boxing after Canelo lost to Crawford. They are looking for a world champion and a new star to fight on Mexican Independence Day and Cinco de Mayo weekends.
Sean Gibbons, Cruz’s manager
