Mexican lightweight Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz is best known for a valiant but failed fight against Gervonta "Tank" Davis in 2021. On Saturday, March 30th T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Cruz will fight at junior welterweight, where he will have a chance to wn the WBA world title against Rolando “Rolly” Romero. The fight will be part of a PBC pay-per-view broadcast available on Prime Video. Toward the end of a virtual press conference last week, Cruz and Romero went back and forth in Spanish and declared that their matchup would be “the most exciting fight of the year.” A Mexico City native, Cruz enters this challenge on a three-fight winning streakm but this will be his 140-pound debut. Here is what he had to say last week:

 

ISAAC CRUZ

 

“First thing’s first, I want to shut Rolly’s loud mouth up and take the belt away from him. Then I’m going after all the best fighters in the division.

 

“I’m very excited to have this great opportunity on March 30th. Training camp has been very intense because we don’t want anything to get in our way of becoming world champion. I’m not about to underestimate or overlook anybody. He’s had his success for a reason. I’m just getting ready to shut his mouth punch by punch and make him talk a little less. I hope he fights the way he talks on March 30th.

 

“I’m not worried about Rolly, I just worry about my game. He’s never fought anyone as aggressive as me or who pressures like I do. We waited for the opportunity at 135 to fight for the world title again, but now we’re glad to have it come at 140 pounds. We’ve had a great plan to add the extra weight and use it in our strategy to win on March 30th.

 

“This fight is everything for me. Winning this fight is the key to opening the door to all of the big fights in the sport. I haven’t had any trouble finding people like him in sparring. I can find cowards who don’t really like to fight anywhere.”