Lamont Roach: “I Will Be One Of The Better Champions”

By: Sean Crose
“This week is definitely the last week of hard work,” rising superfeatherweight Lamont Roach tells me over the phone. We're only ten days away from his fight against 15-1-1 Alberto Mercado at Madison Square Garden, but the 17-0-1 Roach seems easygoing and confident. The Mercado fight, which will appear as part of the Canelo Alvarez – Rocky Fielding DAZN card, is for the WBO International Super Featherweight Title. In other words, it's another stepping stone on t