Isaac Jonathan Cruz González vs. Lamont Roach, Jr. & Stephen Fulton Jr. vs. O’Shanique D. Foster RBR

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(doors @ Frost Bank Arena open at 2pm; prelims live free on Amazon Prime at 5:30pm EST; main PPV on Amazon Prime from 8pm EST)

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And yes, IB Funfact: his birth name is actually O'Shanique. A ring announcer mispronounced it once as "O'Shaquie" and that stuck as his performing name.

 

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Prelims show is co-headlined by Martin vs. Barthelemey and Lucero vs. Valenzuela, btw. PPV is a quadruple-header: Lara vs. González, Ramos Jr. vs. Mosley Jr., Fulton Jr. vs. Foster, and Cruz vs. Roach Jr. - all four fights for, nominally at least, world titles. (Lara vs. González is for the WBA regular, the rest are for WBC interims)

 

What a coincidence that 3 different WBC interim title bouts happen to fall onto a single promoters card. Funny how things sometimes work out.

 

They should charge half-price for it, as "interim PPV".

 

The quality of the card has dipped after Janibek popped dirty and the debacle around Foster-Fulton. All four main fights, IMO should be entertaining fights. Here are my worthless two cents on tonight's card in the Lone Star State.

Ramos-Mosley. It would be quite impressive if Mosley manages to win. The fact that he has managed to reach the top ten and be a step away from a world title fight is admirable. However, I reckon Ramos is just too good for him and wins a comfortable points victory.

Lara-Gonzalez. Lara on points. Gonzalez gives it a go and could make it competitive, but the skill gap is just too huge.

Fulton-Foster. Despite Fulton being unable to make the weight, the betting odds haven't changed much. It is still considered even by the bookies. Now, I initially favored Fulton to win, and I still do. Fulton via razor close points victory.

Roach-Cruz. The bookies have had Roach the clear favorite since the fight was announced. Most people here have Roach to win a decision. But I will make a more risky pick and will pick Roach to become the first person to stop Cruz. He fought very well against Davis, he was highly composed and showed great technical skill. Plus he looked great at the weight.

 

I wouldn't be all that upset to see four upsets.

...but not holding my breath.

 

We're twenty minutes out, lads.