Roach, Jr. To Defend Regional Title December 15th At Madison Square Garden!

Undefeated Upper Marlboro, MD super featherweight Lamont Roach, Jr. will defend his WBO International Super Featherweight championship against Alberto "Transformer" Mercado of Humacao, Puerto Rico on Saturday, December 15th at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 

The scheduled 10-round bout will be on the undercard of the Canelo Alvarez-Rocky Fielding bout and is slated to be shown on the DAZN streaming service.  If his bout is shown on the service, Roach, Jr. will be the first Beltway Boxer to appear on DAZN ("Da Zone"). 

Roach, Jr. (17-0-1, seven KO's) will be making the first defense of the title he won on July 20th in Cancun, Mexico when he stopped Deivi Julio Bassa in six rounds.  Mercado (15-1-1, three KO's) comes off back-to-back eight-round unanimous decision wins in his last two outings.  Mercado holds the WBC Latino Super Featherweight title.