Cruz vs Romero FULL FIGHT: March 13, 2021 - PBC on Showtime
Isaac Cruz (21-1-1, 15 KOs) of Mexico City earned a unanimous decision victory over Argentina’s Matias Romero (24-1, 8 KOs) in a 12-round WBA Lightweight Title Eliminator. It marked the first time that the 22-year-old Cruz went 12 rounds in his professional career. The judges’ scorecards read 114-113, 115-112 and 118-109. SHOWTIME’s unofficial scorer Steve Farhood scored the fight 115-112, giving rounds 10 through 12 to the rising star.
“I’m not happy about the style of the fight but I am satisfied I took the victory home and we’ve come to the No. 1 spot in the WBA,” said Cruz. “I didn’t know what was going to happen [as far as the judges]. We forced the fight at all times and it would have been very impossible for the judges to do something to me when I was the one pushing the fight.”
Throughout the 36-minute affair, Cruz constantly applied pressure against his opponent which led to Romero, the more seasoned professional, to hold excessively in an attempt to stall the pressure. Despite being warned frequently by referee Harvey Dock, the 24-year-old Romero was never penalized. During the rough-and-tumble contest, however, Cruz was docked a point in the sixth round for a low blow.
“He was a fighter who didn’t want to exchange punches,” Cruz added, in reference to the persistent clinching. “I was very fed up with the clinches-there was never a warning toward him. I did my best out there. Not the best way I wanted to do it but thank God we won the fight and we’re taking the victory home.”
Romero presented an effective jab throughout the fight, landing 89 of 282, but it was Cruz’s power punching that ultimately earned him the victory. Cruz, who is now the No. 1 contender for a world title shot at 135 pounds, landed 145 of 459 power punches, including 91 body shots.
“Obviously I’m not happy with the decision,” stated Romero following his first professional loss. “I thought maybe it was a draw. Overall I’m happy with my performance. He’s supposed to the be the ‘Pit Bull’ and I went the distance. You have to take the opportunities when they are presented and I wish I would have had more time to get ready for this fight.”
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Boxers who run a lot like Romero, Cruz should give a really hard punch so he stops running again, cheers up Isaac Cruz 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 You are the BEST TYSON MINI
Great fighting by Cruz. Nice hugging and dancing by romero.
Fighting style of Isaac Cruz is like mike Tyson very brutal in every round
And that PeekaBoo style is perfect for Cruz"s body size . He uses it very well.
@@504bootcamp3 really nice I just want jt that
@@504bootcamp3 dex
people say I have that style bro
Nel. El pitbull tiene su propio estiló y su propia pegada 💪🏻 el sale a buscar a su rival
Romero es una gran persona vino a dar mucho amor y abrazos😁
Es un pobre diablo estrategia tan mediocre...
@@kibagalehaha un mediocre que pega duro y aguanta los golpes
@@jupiterluna4735lol creo que no entendiste vdd? Yo no sé si pega duro o aguanta los golpes, yo solo digo que esa manera de dar un golpe y abrazos es de lo más bajo y mediocre y sé que es una estrategia pero para mí en una basura el y todos los que tengan esa estrategia, ya entendiste?
@@kibagale disculpa,la verdad creo que si tienes razón,la estrategia que lleva es muy mala y ahora que lo veo más detenidamente en esta y otras peleas me doy cuenta saludos
@@jupiterluna4735 and too by.... No
Dude was running the whole fight how and why would he think he won 😂
Running and holding. This argentino never going to be a champion. Fighting like that. What a ugly strategy or fight he has nothing
Like yall can do better
This guy is Mayweather son@@emiliofernandez176
Romero si aplico lo de :: mas vale que digan así corrió que así murió..😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 muy inteligente el romero
Cuando no corre, abraza el cobarde.
The argentine chicken is always holding Pitbull Cruz.. when the announcement was made, romeo looks as if surprised 😄
Toda la pelea abrazando mari. Conaxo
Romero ain’t no 24-0 gtfoh all his fights must have been against pillows or large bags of cotton candy 😂😂😂😂😂
Ref. not doing his job. too much holding, why no points taken away
Can’t wait for Cruz vs. Gamboa 🔥 Pitbull is a beast
Most of the time that word is overused in this case well applied
What is exciting about that fight?? Gamboa is 40 yrs old
A SUPER BEAST MY FAV RIGHT NOW VERY UNDER RATED LOVE HIS STYLE A MIX OF PEEK A BOO AND ORTHADOX LOVE IT
@@malikanderson9999 lu m
Your IG page has like 5k followers 😂😂 🖕🏻
Romero reminds me when my friends would box in the backyard 😂 ..
romero Gritos y abrasos Y CRUZ ASUSTANDOLO A PURO VERGASOS
¡Qué valiente ese Cruz! Decidido, determinante en su ataque. Da gusto verle pelear
Pero si cruz se vio torpe .estuvo torpe .lento la verdad lo vi super mal ..pésimo. esperando un golpe q nunca llego ..merecida derrota
@@antonioortizmayorga538 romero corre y hace puro clinch, q manera de ganar
@@antonioortizmayorga538 8 ñ
Muy bueno pelea
@@antonioortizmayorga538 no mms xd
Everybody better pay attention to this dude, he is a warrior, lightweight division just got put on notice.
Eseboseador hermano Cháspero.y cochino da mucho a los huebos
@@pedrojuanmancovalarezo3986 0m
CRUZ FUTURO CAMPEON ES MUY VALIENTE YBUEN BOXEADOR
He's good and exciting but in mho, if this guy boxed him that way, Stevenson and/or Haney would probably more successful.
To overwhelm the opponent with constant pressure takes a lot of practice and obviously it's a very effective strategy
Cómo va a ser posible que pensara romero que ganaría si puro correr iso y amarrar los guantes de cruz pero el manejador puerco así le dijo golpea y amarra bien por cruz
Romero sticks his finger up thinking he won the fight, and hears he lost, while cruz was using him as a workout on the heavy bag. LOL
El más sucio Romero abraza más que Mayweder
I'm surprised this went the distance, as the result was predictable from the first round. If you don't have the power to hurt a guy like Cruz, you can't keep him off you.
Big facts
Cruz catches, fouls,moves well to void total contact..
@@aldenunion fouls?
@@noincomprehensible3849 fouls opponents strokes at him
Wow... that Argentinian must have learned to be immune to vicious abuses. Props to him.
Neee, peleador muy sucio
Quien le dijo a ese arjentino que sabia boxear? Mejor que se vaya a los 100M
Isaac throwing that Left hook like THE CHAMP CANELO. Props to cruz! I like his style.
Your kidding right
He lost
Canelo lost to bivol
Romero con sus abrazos NUNCA merecerá un título de Campeón. Un Campeón demuestra de qué está hecho dominando no abrazando. A Pitbull se le complicó por tanto abrazo y tenerlo que corretear. Definitivamente Romero no es pieza para el Pitbull. ¿Esperaba ser campeón abrazando y corriendo?. Tal vez en su rancho pero ya vió que no en estos niveles.
El Pit bull golpea muy duro,no se cansa es lo que yo noté y Romero tiene muy buena velocidad y una gran tolerancia a los golpes los dos estuvieron muy bien
Se te olvido mecionar que el cobarde de Romero lo amarro/abrazo toda la pelea. No se viene a abrazar, se viene a boxear.
Romero tiene velocidad pero para correr, abrazar y amarrar los guantes, fatal "boxeador"
You just enjoy watching fights on PBC because the sound is such you hear the bangs of punches and even breathing of fighters. I love it. Go PBC Go! 🥊💪🥊💪🥊💪🏋️♂️🏋️♂️💪🥊
The commentator shitting on romero was comedy gold
Romero main licik tdk mau dipukul selalu merangkul dan dorong, jos, top, Isaac Pitbul, cruz JR, yes
this fight is unmatchable, romero keeps holding
Sex in the Phil
Bull shit he doesn’t know how to fight
How Cruz fights reminds me of Marcos maidana
Maydana nowadays is fighting KZheadrs XD
@@cristobalc5101 u mean may weather?
Great comparison
@@davidreyes6128 nope. I said maidana. Is fighting in Dubai an Argentinean youruber
Same here
Romero's interception of Cruz's foward moving with a counterpunch and movement is effective and use of the ring is also good. Cruz is also great fighter in his growth and development.Great Fight.
Muy bueno cruz de vido a su disciplina y entrenamiento yegara lejos suerte cruz
Romero really should develop a stiff accurate jab and take advantage of his length
Agree more jabs would have kept cruz at a distance.
@@adams13f those body shots still got through,he did not like
Funniest part is when Romero pounds his gloves to have pit bull fight head to head........ at the last 10 seconds
RIP this dudes balls 💀
Tanks son
Muy bueno Cruz pero muy alocado al ataque y el Argentino muy correlon
There was alot of holding but that commentator was so pro Cruz it was doing my head in, other guy did some lovely combos n he said nothing then Cruz would reply with 1 punch n he would comment bout the 1 punch smh
Fr , It was a pretty good fight. That commentator did it no justice. Damn near gave me a head ache lol
@@domen808 yeah totally agree
Yeah, kept saying he was unwilling to engage when he was throwing loads of shots! Later the commentator had to admit he'd thrown more the last three rounds... So how is that unwilling to engage? 🤣 He was unwilling to just stand there and get hit, yeah, of course! Lol
I mean this is boxing right ? Hit and not get hit is the objective ? Or do they just have just have stand there n get brain damaged
It’s because he was trying to make it harder for judges to score. I also noticed hits and combos he contacted with but only got touched once by Cruz and all you kept hearing was Cruz. Even when Romero hit Cruz he said Cruz hit Romero lol the first two judges were closer that third must’ve been listening to the commentator.
Como extraño ver pelear a dinamita Márquez,pitbull eres bueno ojalá un día llegues a esos niveles de boxeo ,éxito 🎉
Bruhhh the guy talking didnt have to keep violating romero about holding💀
What?
@@desanctisapostata he was saying stuff about how Romero was just hugging and stuff
Ése vino a correr o a fajarse le falta producto dé gallina
Nice game Isaac cruz😇
Agentino mejor entrena para bailarin
Muy inteligente Romero al defenderse de esa manera de Pitbull la verdad es que el pitbull Cruz No es cualquiera Quién es el más fuerte y potente Homero inteligente al manejar los pasos porque si no lo hacía corría grave peligro soy mexicano mando saludos a los argentinos
I hear you talking about holding but looking at them Cruz is throwing himself too close to him, rubbish comments as well, Romero was landing nice shots and was never in trouble most of times
Great I am not the only person thinks that
Cruz has to be close specially with his reach and height.. You dummy & of course he was in trouble that’s why he was hugging and running most of the fight
Those pillow punches 😂? You need to watch more of Cruz’s fights, that pretty shit ain’t flying with him👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾
@@omarrobinson3555 Cruz’s record speaks for itself. Other dude was cheesing the whole fight because he couldn’t take the pressure.
@@omarrobinson3555 no
Round 5 and damn commentator says Romero is hurt 10 times but I haven’t seen it yet. He loosing bul not hurt
He doesn’t know shit about boxing - I had to watch the fight on silent
Romero connected way more than this idiot lied about the whole fight. Pbc clearly tryin to sell/market Isaac Cruz but this dude was annoying AF I'll never listen to this dude again
the grappling was funny, that 2nd round takedown has serious potential😭
draining and effecting tactic
Mma style
Flawless Victory. Bravo Cruz 💪🥊
😅
Romero's holding technique is impressive. He should have won by big margine for holding.
His holding technique is almost as impressive and Floyd Mayweathers running skills.
@@D33Lux j
@@D33Lux lol 😆
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Ray Flores is a horrible commentator. At 4:38 Flores says, "Big right hand by Isaac Cruz". Only problem is, Cruz missed completely. At 8:44, Romero lands a left hook on Cruz, Flores says, "And there's a left hook connecting by Cruz". Ray Flores does this in every fight he calls. Announcing punches that don't land and giving credit to the wrong fighter for punches landed. Fire Flores.
The commentator is narrating the fight live, you have the opportunity to see the replay with details. The truth Romero offered nothing more than hugs and running the whole fight.
🤣🤣🤣
ROMERO,ALWAYS RUNNING
Cruz is such an entertaining fighter to watch.
Por lo pronto este joven boxeador es el representante del Box mexicano...el Es ISAC CRUZ
Isaac " Pit Bull " Cruz the real King of Mexican boxing👈 worked hard to be in the shape he's in without taking the easy route 👈
Matías Romero, gave a good account of himself, shows why he was undifitted untill facing The Pit Bull Cruz. Any lesser opponent, most likely he would've won
Hindi undifitted boy!! Undefeated yan ang tama
Labkitadiba, anybody can make a mistake misspeling a word. I don't mean any disrespect. I'm assuming you're from India I'd like to say that the indian accent cracks me up when speaking english.
@@raymundotorres6504 ok u said so.. masaya ka na???? Pero ayos yan nag English ka kahit ayaw mong tinatama spelling mo. Gaya ng untill mo dapat until..
Romero your a successor of money weather for a track and field.
Not all fighters have that ability to just stand and throw. It's harder than it looks . After all it's a reason why they are running.
The ref is too slow for these fighters, not firm enough, and too much holding going on without penalties.
Cruz ,the Pit Bull box Tank and it looked like a Draw too me ,🥊🥊⚔️🥊🥊
Looks like a draw but Tank won. Most people thought it was a draw or a win for Cruz because no one expected him to be so tough against a formidable opponent like Tank.
Круз очень тактично честно ведет бой он боксер супер класса я поздравляю его с честной победой он заслуживает уважения.молодец.
Su estiló único disciplina y la gran pegada de Isaac Cruz lo hace un gran boxeador 🥊🇲🇽🥊
p . l k
No es un estilo único, es el estilo de Mike tyson
@@santiagomorles1652 no es el estilo de Mike Tyson, es estilo mexicano
I think cruz use peek a boo style , like mike tyson and floyd patterson legend style
Falla muchos golpes Issac...necesita urgente pulir su defensa...
That's our MEXICAN Mike Tyson , give him the right coach to polish up his boxing skills , this guy will be a real PITBULL hitter .
It's amusing to see both boxers look relatively dry & the referee drenched in sweat 🤣. The ref earned his money for this fight....
Romero can take a punch!
Por qué no lo televisan no Sean ganchos también Los pobres tenemos corazón
Sangat suka dengan keberanian cruz kecil dan pemberani.
Can we have Isaac Cruz vs Rolando Romero
What a ref.he should at least take a point from Romero for holding
Mike Tyson should train Pitbull Cruz.🥊
why is there like no crowd
Pandemic
Commentator had some personal beef with Romero 😂
Lololoolol
Isaac cruz reminds me of jack dempsey
Cruz is the real life ippo maconochi. He just needs to practice demsey roll
The announcer was very bias in this fight from the very beginning
It was actually quite embarrassing Romero was throwing nice combos the whole fight and didn't get credit for one
Where’s the crowd
Pitbull Cruz tiene problemas con los estilistas. Los movimientos de este son muy lineales y le toco recurrir a golpes bajos para bajarle la velocidad a Romero. Romero con el 1-2 y luego un clinch, prácticamente le complico la pelea. Pitbull ganó en esta ocasión jugando sucio.
Mamon TODA LA PELEA ABRAZANDO 🐷
Matias era sucio
Not once has the announcers praised Romero for all his multiple combinations.
Overshadowed by his holding and ducking his head, at round 8 even Romero's coach was tired of his antics.
Vamo allá
I like Cruz's style, he goes and throws with Bad intentions.
So how win the running competition..?
Me gusta mirar las peleas de Pit bull Cruz , y las de el vaquero , Marquez la pura crema y nata del Boxeo
Deveria de pulir su boxeo cruz sería un titán en su peso pues solo tiene pegada y muchas ganas de yegar ala cima
Remoro should have a point taken away for excessive holding
The commentator at 18:40😂😂😂😂😂
Cómo me gusta la papapapa del argentino y al última el zaaaaz del cruz😂. Lo despertaba
tough fight
Yo, where Cruz v Loma at?
que buen planteamiento de la pelea por parte de Romero
Pues para no ser noqueado, por que igual perdió, fue a sobrevivir, no a ganar
Dari awal sampai akhir permainan pelukan romero sangat romantis. Saya tidak menyangka romero sangan identik dengan pelukan romantis.
Ahí romero por qué corres será que sentiste ese power del PITBULL 😅
Good decision.
A delante carnal
Romero fights like if Devin Haney fought drunk. No disrespect tho maybe he was just nervous and wasn’t on his best game
What does it mean when the rule states “Fight is official after 4 rounds?”
An accidental head butt within the first 4 rounds can cause a fight to be stopped. This leads to a no contest ruling. Meaning no fighter wins or loses and the fight is over.
Siento como que romero quiere poder y le está dando duro a la cara de Isaac Pero de cuatro golpes de romero conectados es uno de ISAAC y Romeo con ese único golpe se debilita mucho solo basta con ver bien sus gestos en el rostro y la manera de moverse en el ring después de ser conectado 😬
Isaac Cruz vs Frank Martin is a good fight to make!
Never thought about that , would be a great fight
bias commentary how do you want to box a guy like cruz when you're a long and lanky fighter like Romero? He HAS to move, keep him a bay and destroy his rhythm by clinching often... and pray to clip him coming in.. that's what he tried.
great fight, best refereeing I ever seen. He let them work in the clinch, and the way he caught on that the low blow was because Romero was holding Cruz down and when Romero called a hit to the back of the head the ref just said "watch the holding" because the holding caused the low blow top class.
Hola isac turez chingon Mi Campeón Qviva México kabtknez 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽👍👍👍👍👍👍💪💪💪💪💪
amazing cruz