San Antonio, TX – ProBox CEO Garry Jonas congratulates co-promoted fighter Lamont Roach Jr. (alongside Lamont Roach Sr.’s NoXcuse Promotions) for his courageous performance in Saturday night’s PBC on Prime Video pay-per-view main event.
Roach, a former WBA Super Featherweight Champion, faced WBC Interim Super Lightweight Champion Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz in front of 10,230 fans at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. Despite a third-round knockdown and a broken right hand, Roach battled through 12 rounds to earn a controversial majority draw.
A questionable score of 115-111 for Cruz was overruled by two scores of 113-113, with most observers believing Roach had won the closely contested fight.
“We are very proud of Lamont. It was a tremendous fight and, of course, we felt he won,” said Jonas.
“A draw in Texas in front of a huge pro-Mexican crowd validates how well Lamont fought. What’s even more impressive is that Lamont fought the last half of the fight with one hand. He broke his right hand halfway through and showed tremendous heart.”
Making his first appearance at 140 lbs., Roach demonstrated statistical dominance on CompuBox, landing 191 of 467 punches (41%) compared to Cruz’s 159 of 544 (29%). Roach connected on 49% of his power shots and landed more punches in eight of 12 rounds, with the remaining rounds split evenly or in Cruz’s favor.
“We got the X-ray done and it’s confirmed his hand is broken,” Jonas continued.
“So first, Lamont will have to let that heal properly, which means no short turnaround for him. We still have a rematch clause with Tank (Gervonta Davis), but there’s a lot of uncertainty there. We want the fight if he’s willing and able. We’re also happy to look at a rematch with Pitbull in DC. Lamont has gone into two hostile environments in a row and got two draws. He deserves to fight in front of his fans next time. We are going to do whatever it takes to make that happen when he comes back from injury.”
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