Notebook: Pitbull-Roach on course to top December PBC PPV card
Jalolov set for return; convention updates; Frank Martin to face former two-division titleholder; Quick hits; Show and tell double
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Lamont Roach Jr. did not get the immediate rematch he wanted with WBA lightweight titlist Gervonta “Tank” Davis so plans are now in the works for Roach to move up to junior welterweight and challenge Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz for his WBC interim title, three sources involved in the discussions told Fight Freaks Unite.
The sources said the fight is being planned to headline a Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view card on Prime Video on either Dec. 6 or Dec. 20 at a site to be determined.
One of the sources said the preference is put on the event in Texas with locations such as Phoenix and San Diego also possible but that it would be unlikely to take place in Las Vegas, where most of the PBC on Prime Video pay-per-views have taken place.