Those three bouts also provided the type of money Roach isn’t likely to receive by rebuilding against lesser-known lightweights. If he wants to continue earning major purses, he’ll need opponents with names, titles or enough ability to make the fights commercially valuable.
Floyd Schofield, Andy Cruz, Abdullah Mason, Gervonta Davis, Jadier Herrera, Rayo Valenzuela, Sam Noakes, Lucas Bahdi and Zepeda offer Roach few comfortable options if his goal is another lightweight title. Those are also the type of opponents capable of producing the paydays that make remaining at 135 worthwhile.
The Zepeda loss exposed an offensive limitation that won’t necessarily disappear against a different style.
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