Lamont Roach (25-1-3, 10 KOs) is being roasted today by fans for being in crybaby mode, cooking up excuses for why he failed to defeat WBC interim light welterweight champion Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz (28-3-2, 18 KOs) last Saturday night at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Excuses Begin Early
After the contest, Roach gave three excuses for why he didn’t get the victory:
- Broken hand in the fifth
- Cruz’s holding
- Low blows from Pitbull
Roach sounded like he was in pure victim mode, saying, “All I ask is for an even playing field.”
Point Deduction Saved Him
Fans saw it as a classic example of Lamont not wanting to admit that he wasn’t good enough to beat ‘Pitbull’ Cruz. He was spinning a narrative to deflect criticism for his failure. Cruz was too good for him and would have won the fight if not for the seventh round’s no-warning penalization of him.
Before the fight, Roach had bragged about how easy it would be to dethrone Cruz and painted a picture of how he would be considered one of the top pound-for-pound fighters.
Take the L Like a Man
When it came to fulfilling his vision, Roach couldn’t get the job done, got knocked down, and dominated in the first half of the contest. If not for the referee taking a point away from Cruz in the seventh round without a prior warning about a low blow, Lamont would have lost the fight.
If Roach had taken the high road and flat-out said he wasn’t good enough, the fans would respect him more. His ‘Robbed twice’ narrative is a signal that he can’t confront the truth about himself. He’s not elite level.
The scores were: 113-113, 113-113, and 115-111 for ‘Pitbull’ Cruz.
“All I ask is an even playing field. I’m going to show my skills and my grit. And, I think I broke my hand in the fifth round,” said Lamont Roach at the post-fight press conference after his 12-round majority draw against Isaac Cruz.
“You could tell by the way he started moving around the ring that I disrupted him. I started winning rounds, and that was after I broke my hand.
