Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs. Lamont Roach live results, round-by-round updates, ring walks for PBC card

Isaac Lucero had a great finish to the seventh frame, landing four consecutive right hands on Roberto Valeznuela Jr. to end the round. Lucero seems to be dictating the action now and has sustained success with combinations and pressure, although Valenzuela is still dangerous with his work and is catching Lucero on the inside. They continue to exchange combinations in an all-action fight.

Roberto Valenzuela Jr might be doing the better work on the inside. Isaac Lucro chose to fight him up close and go toe-to-toe with the veteran, but perhaps not to his advantage. Valenzuela found a home for uppercuts on the inside and outworked Lucero in Round 3. Although Lucero had his moments and was more accurate, Valenzuela’s work looked better to the eye. A nice right hand in the fourth caught Lucero as well. Lucero is targeting the body. Great back-and-forth action!

After being 10-8 behind after three minutes, Valenzuela made a sound recovery in Round 2. He had consistent success on the inside, particularly with the left uppercut and short hooks.

It’s a first-round knockdown for Isaac Lucero, who drops Roberto Valenzuela Jr in the final minute with a short, chopping right. There were some complaints from Valenzuela that he was pushed down, but it was counted as a knockdown, and it’s a 10-8 round for Lucero. Replay shows that the punch was behind the head and therefore should not have been a knockdown.

Isaac Lucero (17-0, 13 KOs) and Roberto Valenzuela Jr. (31-5, 29 KOs) clash over 10 rounds at super welterweight.

Luis Reynaldo Nunez beats Hector Andres Sosa by unanimous decision (98-92, 97-93, 96-94) in their ten-round featherweight contest.

Nunez walked Sosa into powerful uppercuts and left hooks in the seventh frame. The lead left hook momentarily stunned Sosa in the final minute of that frame, and the counter uppercut has worked well for Nunez, too. Sosa will keep coming forward but the quality work is coming from Nunez.

Hector Sosa was told in the corner in between Rounds 4 and 5 that he needed to turn up the heat — and he did just that.

Sosa’s volume-punching was brilliant in the fifth frame, forcing Nunez to work at a very hard pace. Sosa’s body punches and combination-punching forced a response from Nunez, who — to his credit — did so well with short combinations.

Nunez is doing a terrific job with his left jab. The punch is allowing him to keep Sosa at range, and Sosa cannot break the distance. He ends up swinging with the right and missing wildly. Nunez’s left hook upstairs is connecting too, due to Sosa’s square stance. Nunez is controlling the tempo of the contest with his jab, but could be doing more in the way of combinations.

Luis Reynaldo Nunez (21-0, 14 KOs) battles Hector Andres Sosa (18-3, 9 KOs) over ten rounds at featherweight.

Janibek Alimkhanuly was scheduled to fight Erislandy Lara in a 3-belt middleweight title unification on tonight’s card, but Alimkhanuly tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance in a VADA test, it was revealed on fight week.

Lara will now defend his WBA title against Johan Gonzalez on the card instead

The O’Shaquie Foster vs. Stephen Fulton matchup was supposed to be for the WBC super featherweight crown. However, Fulton missed weight at Friday’s official weigh-in, tipping the scales at 132 pounds.

In a shocking last-minute move, it will now be for the WBC interim lightweight title (135 pounds).

1. Super bantamweight: Luis Reynaldo Nunez vs Hector Andres Sosa

2. Super welterweight: Isaac Lucero vs Roberto Valenzuela Jr

3. Super lightweight: Frank Martin vs Rances Barthelemy

Seconds after being hit with a left hand, Davis took a knee in the opening minute of the ninth. He later said that he did so to go back to his corner and wipe his eye because grease from his braids was bothering him. The lightweight champion didn’t give Willis any prior warning that he was going to do it, yet still no knockdown was counted. Willis began to administer a count but inexplicably stopped.

There are no breaks in boxing, and therefore, Davis’ impromptu kneel-down should’ve been counted as a knockdown.

Welcome to Uncrowned’s coverage of Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz vs. Lamont Roach, which goes down today (Saturday, Dec. 6) at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Follow along all night for live updates. The Cruz vs. Roach prelims kick off at 5:30 p.m. ET and can be watched via Uncrowned.