Isaac Cruz vs. Lamont Roach | PBC PPV - December 6, 2025

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Very close fight. I actually thought Roach gave a few rounds away by not engaging when he could’ve. Looks like something wrong with Roachs right hand which may be a reason also. I’m fine with the cards.

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114-112 Roach on my card but I have no argument with a draw.

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115–111 would have been 115-112 without the KD

Roach was having his hand iced after the fight.

Definitely may be broken.

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I thought Foster/Fulton might be boring but not boringly one sided, Foster was excellent tbf, schooled Fulton from both stances, jabs and crosses, nothing fancy but Fulton was atrocious, never offered anything, no plan B, no 2nd gear, just throwing for the sake of throwing even though he knew he was out of range, arguably Foster's best showing

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O'SHAQUIE FOSTER VS. STEPHEN FULTON - COMPUBOX PUNCH STATS

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LAMONT ROACH VS. ISAAC CRUZ - COMPUBOX PUNCH STATS

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Had to watch the main event on a shitey YouTube stream so never scored it, looked a close fight, bit scrappy, Cruz boxed how he always does, coming in low and wailing away with both hands to head, body and balls, fights dirty sometimes and got a point off, he got the KD in the 3rd left hook had Roach spinning and glove touching, Roach for his part tried to box,, counter with single shots and picked off some nice counters, stemmed the tide, it was what you prefer really I thought Cruz was more eye catching but doesn't mean he won the fight, stats seemed to favor Roach, I've no idea tbh

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Lamont Roach Jnr: ‘We should be celebrating – all I want is a fair shake'

Lamont Roach Jnr has been here before, but the feeling never gets any easier.

For the second time in as many fights, he was forced to settle for a majority draw that could have easily gone his way. This one stung particularly hard, as Roach appeared to have outboxed Isaac Cruz enough to have deserved the nod Saturday evening at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.

None among judges Chris Tellez (115-111, Cruz), Cory Santos (113-113) and Nathan Palmer (113-113) seemed to agree with that perception. Roach – who was stripped of his WBA 130lbs title once the bell sounded to begin the fight – is now left with nothing to show for two straight performances in which his stock rose in PBC on Prime Video pay-per-view headliners.

“I’m disappointed, but … for real, I just don’t know what to say,” Roach told “BS Today” shortly after the fight. “I [thought] it was my night.

“We should be celebrating, but it is what it is. That’s what comes with the sport.”

Roach, 25-1-3 (10 KOs), overcame a third-round knockdown to apparently take control of the fight – or so went public perception. Compubox’s unofficial punch statistics supported the theory. Cruz, 28-3-2 (18 KOs), was the busier fighter (159 of 544 total punches landed, 29.2 per cent), but Roach (191 of 467, 40.9 per cent) landed more and at a much higher percentage.

Furthermore, Cruz was deducted a point for excessive holding and hitting. The squat boxer from Mexico City retained a secondary version of the WBC 140lbs title with the stalemate, even though he believed he deserved the nod.

Conversely, Roach was forced to give up his alphabet title after fighting outside of junior lightweight for the second consecutive time. He moved up earlier this year to challenge WBA 135lbs titlist Gervonta “Tank” Davis, 30-0-1 (28 KOs), on March 1 in Brooklyn, New York.

Roach was robbed of a ninth-round knockdown in that fight when Davis voluntarily took a knee but was permitted to call his own timeout (no such rule in boxing exists) in a bizarre piece of officiating by Steve Willis.

The sequence cheated Roach out of a 10-8 round on the cards. It would have been the difference between a majority decision in his favor and the majority draw verdict that came from the night.

A rematch between Davis and Roach was eyed for this summer and even landed on an unannounced August 16 date in Las Vegas. However, those plans were ruined by Davis, who instead opted to sign for an exhibition match with Jake Paul – also subsequently canceled, though due to far more pressing issues involving Davis’ legal troubles.

There were talks of an immediate rematch with Cruz shortly after the conclusion of Saturday’s show. It’s not only the most lucrative option for Roach right now, but perhaps the only one. He’s open to the idea – though in a more neutral setting or even in his Washington D.C. home region – but will gladly settle for a decision to simply go his way.

“All I want is a fair shake,” said Roach. “This is some bullshit.”

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Lamont Roach on his aggressive approach vs. Cruz: ‘I was able to disrupt him’

There was a method to Lamont Roach Jnr’s perceived madness.

Questions arose immediately after the fight as to why the career-long junior lightweight chose to stand and trade Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz in his debut in the 140lbs division. Their 12-round battle, mostly fought at close range, resulted in a majority draw atop Saturday’s PBC on Prime Video pay-per-view event from Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.

The fight was far more physical than most expected, even though Roach, 25-1-3 (10 KOs), vowed to deliver such a performance. It wasn’t just so that he could let his nuts hang; rather a calculated effort by the former WBA 130lbs titlist, even after he suffered a flash knockdown in the 3rd round.

“As I figured out… everyone see that Pitbull fight one way,” Roach told reporters during their post-fight press conference. “So, when he did give me some leeway, I took it. I felt more comfortable in there, honestly.

“Boxing him was good. I was mixing it up. But when you get those opportunities to back up a pressure fighter – it’s something in them. They start wondering, “why is he not backing down, why is this not working”. You can tell the way he started skating around the ring and changing his gameplan up, I disrupted him.”

It wasn’t quite enough to sway any of the three judges, however. Chris Tellez (115-111) scored the contest for Cruz, 28-3-2 (18 KOs), while judges Nathan Palmer (113-113) and Cory Santos (113-113) had it dead even after 12 rounds.

Even though he didn’t want to hear it, his performance and even the outcome both served as a stock-raising type of night for Roach.

The 30-year-old from the greater Washington D.C. area fought in his third weight division in as many contests. He was two fights removed from his lone WBA 130lbs title defense, before he moved up and fought WBA lightweight titlist Gervonta “Tank” Davis, 30-0-1 (28 KOs) to a draw in March.

When plans for their rematch fell through, Roach opted to test his 5 ft, 10ins frame at junior welterweight. He was the heavier fighter throughout their respective camps, according to pre-fight weight checks as reported to the WBC and at their official weigh-in on Friday.

Cruz, of course, was the more comfortable at the weight, having fought at 140lbs since his knockout win over Rolando “Rolly” Romero to win the WBA title last March.

That mattered little to Roach, who saw something in Cruz’s game that he knew he could exploit. He still had to overcome adversity, however, to arrive at that point.

Roach was ruled down in Round 3 when he touched his glove to the canvas in an effort to steady himself after getting cracked on the chin. The sequence resulted in a 10-8 round for Cruz, though the advantage nullified when the Mexico City native was deducted one point in Round 7 for excessive holding and hitting.

By that point, Roach was a one-handed fighter – having suffered a possible fracture to his right hand, which he first realized after the 5th round. He was unable to determine exactly when it occurred but was still determined to stand and trade – and, at times, bully the bully.

“I was winning rounds and that was after I broke my hand,” noted Roach. “I was controlling the pace, especially when I turned the tide. I was making him miss, making him pay. I was catching him with shots in between. Making him hold during those moments.”

Roach’s decision to be more aggressive than normal was welcomed by the passionate crowd of 10,230 on hand at the home of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs. His spirited effort, coupled with the stalemate, has created demand for the two to run it back.

Both boxers were receptive to the idea but Roach will first have to allow his right hand to fully heal before he resumes his career. Even still, he was pleased with what he was able to deliver that type of performance at less than full capacity for the final seven rounds of the fight.

There is no question that he will offer the same do-whatever-it-takes gutsy effort if there is a chance to run it back with Cruz.

What he would like to see is for a set of ringside officials who appreciate his in-ring effort more so than the six judges who’ve scored his past two contests.

“I can’t fight my opponent and the judges,” stated Roach. “It’s just… it’s something we gotta do about it. I think I won, I think I outboxed him.

“All I need is an even playing field.”

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Isaac Cruz: Unlike Gervonta Davis, Ready For Immediate Rematch with Lamont Roach

Isaac Cruz couldn’t resist.

While agreeing that the controversial result of his fan-friendly fight with Lamont Roach on Saturday warrants an immediate rematch, “Pitbull” also took a shot at an adversary who wouldn’t fight Cruz or Roach a second time.

“Do the fans want a rematch?” Cruz asked during their post-fight press conference early Sunday morning. “Do you guys want a rematch? I’m not Gervonta Davis. I’m ready for a rematch right away.”

Cruz and Roach gave Davis the two toughest fights of his career. The embattled WBA lightweight champion didn’t face either fighter again, even after exercising his contractual right to an immediate rematch with Roach following their infamous majority draw nine months ago at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Roach (25-1-3, 10 KOs) and Cruz (28-3-2, 18 KOs) also settled for a 12-round majority draw at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. Roach hopes Cruz, unlike Davis, honors the non-binding commitment he made in the aftermath of their pay-per-view main event.

“I think the best thing to do is move forward with an immediate rematch,” Roach said after his junior welterweight debut. “And I would say on somewhat of a level playing field.”

By “level playing field,” Roach presumably meant Cruz received much of the crowd support at a venue packed with Mexican boxing fans. Like Cruz, Roach is aligned with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions, which ensured he received a high-profile opportunity once Davis reneged on their rematch agreement to face Jake Paul in an exhibition that was canceled after Davis’ ex-girlfriend accused him of domestic violence.

Cruz scored a knockdown, the first of Roach’s career, when Roach’s right glove touched the canvas to prevent him from going down during the third round. Referee James Green later deducted a point from Cruz for hitting Roach on the lower part of his back in the seventh round.

Judge Chris Tellez scored Cruz a 115-111 winner. Judges Cory Santos and Nathan Palmer had it even, 113-113 apiece.

Roach, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was the more effective fighter according to CompuBox’s unofficial statistics. CompuBox credited Roach for landing more power punches (142 of 291 to 132 of 382) and jabs (49 of 176 to 27 of 162), an overall advantage of 32 punches.

Mexico City’s Cruz complained that Green’s point deduction cost him what would’ve been a close but unanimous win on the cards. Cruz also commended Roach, who often stood and traded with Cruz in his first fight at a higher weight.

“Lamont is definitely a good fighter that has good qualities,” Cruz said through a translator. “And we’re the only ones that pushed Gervonta the way we did, up until the very end, and [that’s] the reason why Gervonta didn’t give either of us a rematch. We just showed why we’re both quality fighters. And I hope that the fans enjoyed the show because it was really, truly a showing of two really, really elite fighters that were at their best.”

Cruz, who retained his WBC interim super lightweight title, lost a unanimous decision to Baltimore’s Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) in December 2021. Davis won that bout on all three scorecards (116-112, 115-113, 115-113), but the powerful southpaw couldn’t hurt Cruz, who relentlessly pressured Davis to make their fight competitive at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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Roach fought with broken hand against Cruz: 'I did well enough to win with one hand'

Lamont Roach fought through adversity to mount a second-half attack that seemingly was enough to win his fight against Isaac Cruz on Saturday, but the judges saw it differently.

Although Roach (25-1-3, 10 KOs) overcame a third-round knockdown and a broken right hand in the fifth, his junior welterweight contest against Cruz (28-3-2, 18 KOs) was ruled a majority draw at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.

One judge had Cruz winning 115-111, while the other two had it 113-113.

"I was mixing it up and backing up the pressure fighter,” Roach said during his post-fight press conference. “I disrupted him and started winning rounds, and that was after I broke my hand. You can tell by the way he started skating around the ring, trying to change his gameplan up. ...

"[In the sixth round], he threw a jab, and I blocked it and it hurt. I said, 'it's (broken).' I still continued to try and throw it, but my hand was really hurting. I'm not trying to make that an excuse. I used everything else that I had, and I succeeded. I got out of the way from his punches and was winning the exchanges. Other than that, I was catching and slipping his punches. I did well enough to win with one hand.”

As Roach battled through the injury, he increased his offensive activity and took the hard-charging Cruz out of his comfort zone. According to CompuBox, from the sixth round on, Roach outlanded Cruz 106-72. Overall in the fight, Roach outlanded Cruz 191 to 159.

The majority draw marked the second consecutive fight that Roach left the ring with a tie. In March, Roach fought to a controversial majority draw against Gervonta Davis. Roach should have won the fight if the kneel-down Davis took was correctly ruled as a knockdown.

"All I want is a fair shake,” said Roach. “I think I should have won a close victory [against Cruz]. All I want is a fair shake. That’s it. … I don’t know what I got to do. I don’t accept this at all. I clearly thought I won a close fight. I’m tired of this.”

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Lamont Roach Disputes Isaac Cruz's Claim That Referee Showed Favoritism

Lamont Roach reacted incredulously to Isaac Cruz’s claim that referee James Green gave him preferential treatment Saturday night.

Cruz criticized Green because the point he deducted him in the seventh round emerged as the difference between “Pitbull” settling for a majority draw and winning a unanimous decision. Green penalized Cruz (28-3-2, 18 KOs) for hitting Roach (25-1-3, 10 KOs) on his lower back.

Roach recalled numerous instances when Green failed to admonish Mexico’s Cruz for rule-breaking tactics.

“I don’t know why they think the ref was on my side, when I got hit low a lot,” he said during their post-fight press conference. “It’s boxing. It happens. But I got hit low a lot and he was holding [in] every exchange. I’m not complaining. It was a hell of a fight, but I really wish it was an even playing field. That’s all.”

Cruz questioned Roach’s recollection of how Green officiated their bout for the WBC interim super lightweight title at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.

“What about the rabbit punches, Lamont?" Cruz said. “They don’t count? You’re complaining about the low blows, basically. But what about the rabbit punches? … What about the head butts?”

Judge Chris Tellez credited Cruz for a 115-111 victory. It was a draw according to judges Cory Santos and Nathan Palmer, both of whom scored their 140-pound fight 113-113.

“The judges can be full of surprises,” Cruz said. “And just like Lamont saw himself as the winner, I saw myself as the winner. But we can’t control what they decide. They’re always unpredictable, full of surprises. But again, that’s out of our hands.”

Cruz saved his harshest words for Green, who was commended for how swiftly he stopped Vergil Ortiz’s vicious second-round knockout of Erickson Lubin on November 8 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

“I did my job,” Cruz told Premier Boxing Champions’ Brian Campbell in the ring. “I did my work. The referee was on his side and obviously you saw the judges, too. I thought I won this fight and the crowd here in San Antonio saw that I won this. … I won this fight and the referee took this fight from me.”

When asked if he wanted an immediate rematch with Roach, Cruz replied, “Absolutely. With a different referee, though. Without the referee being on his side.”

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‘Pitbull’ Cruz satisfied to move on from Lamont Roach Jnr

Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, empowered by the fact that his drawing power generated a capacity crowd to San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center Saturday, tells BS he’s content in not taking an immediate rematch with Lamont Roach Jnr.

Following their draw in which WBC interim 140lbs champion Cruz scored a third-round knockdown, and closed by winning the last two rounds on two judges’ cards to generate scores of 115-111 Cruz and two 113-113 cards, the popular Mexican fighter says he’s turning to champions and elite contenders who’ll be more willing to fight in the center of the ring.

Cruz named upcoming welterweight title challenger Ryan Garcia, WBA lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and WBC 140lbs champion Subriel Matias as his ideal next foes.

“I’m so happy and proud of myself for the fight I gave [against recent WBA super-featherweight champion Roach],” Cruz said. “It’s not possible to have another fight with him because I’ve already demonstrated I did a really good fight.

“The type of fight that I really want is from fighters who come to fight for the people: Garcia, Davis, Matias.”

The change of tune by Cruz, 28-3-2 (18 KOs), won’t likely sit well with Washington’s Roach, 25-1-3 (10 KOs), after Baltimore’s Davis barely survived with a March 1 draw against Roach and then turned his back on his neighborhood rival.

Against Cruz, Roach rallied to win five rounds between the fight and 10th on two cards and saw the tiring Cruz get hit with a point deduction for excessive holding during the run.

In a post-fight interview, Cruz said he was not Davis, indicating he’d be accepting of a rematch, but Cruz’s advisor, Sean Gibbons, pointed to Roach saying his right hand was broken midway through the Saturday bout, and said this of Roach to BS Tuesday night:

“Brother man’s lying around with a cast on his arm, so I don’t think [he’ll be next],” Gibbons said. “We won the fight. I don’t care what the judges say. The fight the fans want to see is what we’re after. Ryan Garcia and Gervonta Davis are those fights, and that’s who we’re targeting in 2026.”

Garcia has a February 21 WBC welterweight title shot at champion Mario Barrios, and Davis hasn’t fought since the Roach draw after getting booted from a planned exhibition with Jake Paul.

Cruz said he’s out to provide more entertainment to his fans.

“I want to show the people I want to give them a good fight,” Cruz said. “That means the most to me.”

Gibbons was bullish on his fighter’s showing, pointing to the capacity crowd of 10,230 despite the middle-rounds fade.

“Isaac is the new face of Mexican boxing. There is no one else from [Mexico] who’s putting on the kinds of exciting fights he is – not Canelo, no one,” Gibbons said. “So he has the right to choose – Ryan Garcia at 147, Gervonta Davis. All he’s looking for and all he wants to accomplish is bringing fights fans want to see. He has earned the right. He is the draw. He puts butts into seats.

“Lamont Roach thought he was going to go mano-a-mano. He learned real quick that didn’t work and went on his bicycle and came up with the lame excuse he hurt his hand. ‘Pitbull’ has a tendency to cause injuries when he fights guys.

“You’re looking at a guy who’s the most exciting fighter in 2026.”

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Lamont Roach wants 'Pitbull' Cruz rematch in Washington D.C.

If Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz backs off his position, that he’s moving away from the idea of a sudden rematch with Lamont Roach Jnr, Roach wants that second meeting in his hometown.

On the heels of fighting popular pay-per-view draw Gervonta “Tank” Davis to a March draw before a pro-Davis crowd in Brooklyn and then scoring a second draw with Cruz Saturday in San Antonio, Roach co-promoter Garry Jonas said in a prepared statement Wednesday that he’d want a Cruz rematch in Roach’s hometown of Washington D.C.

While indicating – like Cruz – that Roach would prefer a rematch with Davis next, Jonas (who owns ProBoxTV and Boxing Scene) characterized his recent junior lightweight champion’s position this way:


“We’re also happy to look at a rematch with ‘Pitbull’ in D.C. Lamont has gone into two hostile environments in a row and got two draws,” Jonas said.

“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.”

Jonas confirmed that a post-fight examination revealed Roach broke his right hand during the fight, in which he rallied during the second half of the bout to counter the deficit of getting knocked down by Cruz in the third round.

“We are very proud of Lamont. It was a tremendous fight and, of course, we felt he won,” Jonas said.

“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 … showed tremendous heart.”

Cruz told Boxing Scene Tuesday that he believes he won the fight, with his advisor Sean Gibbons adding, “We don’t care what the judges say,” and that he is eyeing either his own rematch with WBA lightweight champion Davis or a shot at Ryan Garcia later this year should Garcia wrest the WBC welterweight belt from champion Mario Barrios on February 21 in Las Vegas.

Davis backed out of a planned August rematch with Roach as domestic violence charges circled, and he was then dropped from a planned November exhibition with Jake Paul when a woman sued Davis.

“Lamont will have to let that heal properly, which means no short turnaround for him,” Jonas said. “We still have a rematch clause with ‘Tank,’ but there’s a lot of uncertainty there.”

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Isaac Cruz Questions Seriousness of Lamont Roach’s Hand Injury

Isaac Cruz doesn’t believe Lamont Roach hurt his right hand as badly as he described after their fight Saturday night.

It’s quite a coincidence, according to the fighter nicknamed "Pitbull," that Roach and Gervonta Davis claimed hand injuries hindered them during difficult fights against him.

Roach and Cruz fought to a majority draw in San Antonio almost four years to the day from when Davis defeated him by unanimous decision in a closely contested 12-rounder in Los Angeles.

Mexico’s Cruz expressed skepticism during an interview with The Ring regarding Roach’s hand injury.

“It’s just that it seems anytime someone has a hard fight against me, or can’t beat me, they’re supposedly injured,” Cruz said. “Just look at Gervonta. When he fought me, he was like, 'Oh, I couldn’t win the way that I wanted because I was injured.’ Now Lamont says the same thing. So it just seems a little suspicious to me.”

Roach recalled that he first felt pain in his right hand in the fifth round. It didn’t prohibit the Upper Marlboro, Maryland native from excelling in exchanges and overcoming a slow start to push the durable Cruz for his WBC interim junior welterweight title.

“I honestly don’t remember what exactly did it,” Roach said during their post-fight press conference. “But I know when I came back to that corner I told [my father], 'I broke my hand.’ And I knew like when I came out the next round, he jabbed me and I like blocked it and it hurt. I still continued to try to throw it. There was openings, but my hand was really, hurting.

“I’m not trying to make that as an excuse. I used everything else I had and succeeded. I did well. I got out of the way of his punches, for the most part. And when I wanted to exchange, I was winning the exchanges. Other than that, I was catching and slipping his punches. I don’t really wanna make this an excuse. I did well enough to win with one hand.”

Judge Chris Tellez scored eight rounds for Cruz, who won 115-111 on his card. Judges Cory Santos and Nathan Palmer scored their pay-per-view main event even at 113-113.

Referee James Green correctly credited Cruz (28-3-2, 18 KOs) for a knockdown in the third round, when an off-balance Roach (25-1-3, 10 KOs) touched the canvas with his right glove to prevent himself from going down. Green deducted a point from Cruz in the seventh round for illegally hitting Roach on his back.

Judges Carla Caiz (115-113), Max DeLuca (115-113) and Zachary Young (116-112) all scored Davis a winner over Cruz. Baltimore’s Davis stated afterward that he hurt his left hand while training for their WBA lightweight title fight and it worsened when repeatedly hitting Cruz on the top of his head.

“I don’t wanna put it on my hand,” Davis said. “I did what I did. It’s about boxing. I knew I was coming in [with a hand injury in] this fight. Forget the hand. I did what I had to do.”

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O'Shaquie Foster Vacates interim 135-pound Interim Title, Holds Onto 130-Pound Belt

O’Shaquie Foster has made his decision.

After outpointing Stephen Fulton to win the vacant WBC interim lightweight title on Saturday in San Antonio, Foster has opted to give up the belt and hold onto his 130-pound WBC strap instead, he announced on X.

Foster (24-3, 12 KOs) had been set to defend his junior lightweight title against Fulton. However, Fulton failed to make weight by two pounds. The WBC elected to place its vacant interim lightweight title on the line.

After his unanimous decision, Foster was given only a few weeks to decide whether he wanted to campaign at 130 or 135.

Foster, 32, appeared to be leaning toward 135 based on a heated back-and-forth on X with Shakur Stevenson, the lightweight division’s full-fledged WBC champion. Foster pressured Stevenson to fight him next if the latter defeats Teofimo Lopez at 140 pounds on January 31.

However, Foster evidently believes he has more he can accomplish at junior lightweight. A meeting with Stevenson, he said on X, will come at a later date.

"Lol yall calm down lil buddy still gone get his trust me," he said. "I promise yall ain’t nothing changed it’s all part of a bigger plan but I tell you this much if he stay at 135 I promise you ima be the first one waiting mark my words."

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Got around to watching the Lara/Gonzalez fight, PBC uploaded it yesterday, pretty boring, one sided fight bookended by a couple of knockdowns for Lara in the 1st and last rounds, a left hand had Gonzalez down in round 1 then Lara safety first as ever was content to box Gonzalez without putting it on him, Lara's not as sharp or mobile as he once was but he's still a quality boxer, still defensively good, Gonzalez didn't trouble him one bit, Lara just picked away with the jab and left hand, 12th round a pair of lefts dipped the knees of Gonzalez then another couple had him down , the lefts were lightening quick tbf to Lara, quality shots but too late for a finish