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Isaac Cruz vs. Lamont Roach – Large Fight Preview and Predictions
Isaac Cruz defends his interim WBC super lightweight title for a second time, and Lamont Roach changes weight to face him this Saturday in San Antonio.
Premier Boxing Champions is promoting Cruz vs Roach at the Frost Bank Center, and the card is available on Amazon Prime pay-per-view.
Cruz (28-3-1, 18 KO), who burst onto the scene in 2021 after a narrow loss to Gervonta Davis, had his career derailed last August after losing to Jose Valenzuela by split decision.
The first loss of his career came just over four months after arguably the best victory of his career over Rolando Romero.
“Pitbull” won his last two fights, defeating Angel Fierro and then Omar Salcido Gomez one last time to claim the WBC interim crown.
Roach (25-1-2, 12 KO) will once again move up in the league to challenge the 27-year-old Mexican.
“The Reaper,” who remains the WBA super featherweight champion, has been retained controversial draw with the aforementioned Davis in a WBA lightweight title fight in January, and many believe Washington did enough to win that fight.
Davis activated his rematch clause and the second fight was expected to take place in August, but Davis instead chose to face Jake Paul at the event, which was subsequently canceled.
Lara faces Gonzalez after Janibek withdraws
Erislandy Lara defends his WBA middleweight world title against replacement Johan Gonzalez, who agreed to step into the fight with the Cuban on four days’ notice.
Lara (31-3, 19 KO) was supposed to face Janibek Alimkhanuly in the long-awaited middleweight unification, but on Tuesday the Kazakhstan received unfavorable analytical results in the VADA test and was withdrawn from the fight.
Gonzalez (36-4, 34 KO) was reportedly on standby in a scenario where Janibek and Lara were unable to fight, and now he gets a shot at the world title.
The 34-year-old bounced back from a loss to Yoenis Tellez by defeating Jarrett Hurd, who defeated Lara in 2018, by split decision in March.
Lara, 41, who has been boxing professionally for 17 years, has been enjoying the Indian summer but has been out of the ring for more than a year since Danny Garcia retired after nine rounds.
Foster-Fulton are fighting for the world title
In an intriguing super featherweight bout, O’Shaquie Foster defends his WBC world title against Stephen Fulton.
The pair was supposed to fight in October at the Sebastian Fundora vs. Keith Thurman gala, but the entire gala was postponed due to Fundora’s injury.
Foster (23-3, 12 KO) reigns as WBC champion for a second time after losing his belt in a controversial split decision loss to Robson Conceicao and then gaining revenge on the Brazilian in an immediate rematch.
Fulton (23-1, 8 KO) is aiming to become a three-weight world champion, having already won super bantamweight and featherweight titles.
The Philadelphia fighter had won two in a row since an eighth-round loss to Naoya Inoue before putting on an impressive showing to take the WBC featherweight crown from Brandon Figueroa in a rematch in February.
Ramos Jr meets Mosley Jr
In the next fight for the WBC interim title, Jesus Ramos Jr faces Shane Mosley Jr in the middleweight division.
Ramos Jr (23-1, 19 KO) has won his last three fights since losing to Erickson Lubin in 2023, while Mosley Jr (22-4, 12 KO) is undefeated in five, with his last victory being a points win over former world champion Danny Jacobs.
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Undercard remaining
Frank Martin (18-1, 12 KO) returns for the first time since his eighth-round defeat to Gervonta Davis last June and moves to the super lightweight category, and “The Ghost” can stop Rances Barthelemy (30-3-1, 15 KO).
Rising Mexican super welterweight Isaac Lucero (17-0, 13 KO) can remain undefeated by beating compatriot Roberto Valenzuela Jr (31-5, 29 KO).
Dominican super featherweight Luis Reynaldo Nunez (21-0, 14 KO) should maintain his undefeated record with a points victory over Hector Andres Sosa (18-3, 9 KO).
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Daniel Blancas (13-0, 6 KO) should defeat William Townsel (8-2, 6 KO) in eight rounds at super middleweight, while super flyweight prospect and Lamont’s younger brother Jordan Roach (5-0, 2 KO) could stop Bryan Santiago (2-3-1) before the end of the four-round fight.
Also in four-round lightweight fights, Hugo Amador Mendez (5-0, 3 KO) should defeat Nelson Hampton (11-10, 6 KO) on points, and Robert Guerrero Jr (6-0, 3 KO) may become the first man to stop Eduardo Tarango (1-3).
Rounding out the card is Adrian Neaves (3-0, 1 KO), who can make it four straight professional victories with a win over Roberto Castro (3-2, 1 KO), and Benjamin Johnson (5-0, 5 KO) will likely stop Josias Gonzalez (2-5-2) in a welterweight clash.
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Dave Allen was unable to achieve the impossible at home against Doncaster Rovers FC when Filip Hrgovic delivered a one-sided beating to him in third-round stoppage time to claim the vacant IBF Intercontinental heavyweight title.
Allen was definitely the weaker fighter against Hrgovic.
Fan favorite Allen (25-9-2, KO20) rarely gets into a uninteresting fight, and after stopping Johnny Fisher last May, he was overtaken by Arslanbek Makhmudov before returning to winning ways in a modest comeback in February.
Hrgovic (20-1, KO15) is two wins since losing to Daniel Dubois in 2024, with his last points victory coming against David Adeleye last August.
Hrgovic started in a measured fashion, hitting Allen with constant 1-2s, and Allen struggled with timing in the first round.
Hrgovic kept the pressure going by toying with Allen he landed heavy blows in the second and holding it at the end of challenging right hands.
Allen simply couldn’t avoid the punches that were coming his way, and after the Croatian landed a punch to the body and head, Allen saw enough of the corner and threw in the towel to save his man.
Michael Gomez Jr. fight with Lee McGregor
Michael Gomez Jr (23-2, KO8) won the lightweight clash, defeating former European champion Lee McGregor (16-3-1, KO11) in the sixth round of a scheduled 10-round fight.
McGregor was dropped in the fourth, and after suffering solemn injuries, the Scot threw in the towel from a corner midway through the sixth.
Remaining fights
Louie O’Doherty (12-0, KO3) added the vacant Commonwealth lightweight title to his British crown by defeating Ahmed Hatim (12-1, KO3) during their meeting.
O’Doherty edged the winner by two scores of 118-110 and third by a score of 119-109.
The only fighter to go eight rounds was a super welterweight, with Carl Fail (12-0, KO4) defeating Luis Enrique Montelongo Morales (18-18, KO4).
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In a six-round fight, welterweight Joe Hayden (23-0, KO4) stopped Ryan Frost (3-16, KO0) twice before scoring in the fifth round, and Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (2-0, KO1) won every available session at the same weight against Alexis Nahuel Torres (3-16-2, KO7).
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Ted Jackson (7-0, KO2) remained undefeated in four round fights, and the middleweight defeated Mike Byles (8-15, KO2) before claiming a first-round victory.
In the lightweight division, Kian Hamilton (2-0, KO0) won every round against Les Urry (2-4-1, KO0), and cruiserweight prospect Bradley Casey (5-0, KO2) stopped Renars Rusins (1-3-2, KO1) in two rounds. Newcomer bantamweight John Tom Varney (2-0, KO0) won all four frames against Stephen Jackson (1-71-1, KO1).
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Paddy Donovan secured another world title shot by winning his IBF welterweight title final eliminator by majority decision over Karen Chukhadzhian on Friday in Mannheim, Germany.
Donovan (15-2, 11 KO) defeated Chukhadzhian (26-4, 14 KO) in the sixth and eighth rounds and emerged victorious by the score of 115-113, 114-112, surpassing the drawn score of 113-113.
Donovan, after two defeats in a row to Lewis Crocker, decided to box the back of the foot from the beginning and fired several correct body shots in the first round.
Chukhadzhian is undefeated in two matches since his second defeat Jaron Ennis– he responded with several difficult shots in the second, and the left hand caught Donovan’s attention.
“The Real Deal” pushed the Ukrainian away with his left hand at the end of the third period, but the 30-year-old responded in the fourth round and continued to march forward, and at the end of the round with his right hand, which was his best achievement.
Donovan found his breakthrough in the sixth round, countering his opponent with a sturdy left hand.
Chukhadzhian stood up, looking more frustrated than hurt.
The Ukrainian fell again and scored eight, this time with a right hand, although he protested that it was due to a push.
The pair continued their wild ninth rally, with the Irishman landing a precise uppercut that earned Chukhadzhian’s approval.
Chukhadzhian traded with Donovan at close quarters over the final three rounds, with both men landing some solid combinations.
With Donovan fading and forced to fight back, the Ukrainian put his best foot forward in a compelling final round.
The first scorecard was 115-113 in Donovan’s favor and was met with a scorecard of 113-113.
The third score of 114-112 gave the Irishman the victory to leave Germany and sparked wild celebrations in the ring, including from the promoter Eddie Hearn.
Donovan, who was defeated by Crocker in September, called the Belfast fighter for a post-fight trilogy.
Crocker makes his first title defense against Liam Paro on June 24 in Australia.
Webb with Odiase KO
Emanuel Odiase won the vacant IBF European heavyweight title with a second-round knockout of Nick Webb.
After a close first round, Odiase (11-0, 9 KO) hit Webb (19-4, 15 KO), and the attack with two punches knocked him to the deck, and the Briton failed to defeat the count.
Kadiru dismisses Gashi
In a tender heavyweight fight, Peter Kadiru defeated veteran Senad Gashi (34-5, 32 KO).
The scores of 96-94, 98-92 and 97-93 ensured the victory for Kadir (23-1, 13 KO).
Undercard remaining
Cameroonian heavyweight Nelvie Tiafack (4-0, 3 KO) remained undefeated, going the distance for the first time in his career with a unanimous decision over Mateus Munhoz Da Penha (7-3-2, 3 KO).
Elsewhere in the heavyweight division, Viktor Jurk (14-0, 12 KO) knocked out Edwin Castillo (13-3, 8 KO) in the first few seconds of the fight.
Alexander Okafor (4-0, 2 KO) defeated Elija Uelkueseven (8-1, 6 KO) and thanks to a split decision won the fight for the title of the German BDB cruiserweight champion.
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Prospective cruiserweight Edmon Avagyan (1-0, 1 KO) made a successful professional debut, defeating Patrik Fiala (13-8-2, 8 KO) in the third round.
The IBF European lightweight title remained in the hands of Devrim Goekduman (13-0-1, 8 KO), although his fight with Franklyn Dwomoh (9-0-1, 2 KO) ended in a split draw after a pulsating 10 rounds.
Middleweight prospect Oluwole Jan Ciosek (5-0, 2 KO) remained undefeated after a unanimous decision victory over Shae Green (9-2-1, 2 KO)
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