Lamont Roach Jr. (The Reaper) is a 29-year-old American professional boxer. He is the reigning WBA super-featherweight world champion. 10 years, 7 months, and 18 days into his career, Roach Jr.'s record stands at 25-1-1, which includes 10 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
Lamont Roach Jr. was born in Washington, D.C., United States on August 18, 1995. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on April 19, 2014 against Victor Galindo. Roach Jr. defeated Galindo via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Roach Jr. got his first shot at a world title at the age of 24 after 20 professional fights. On November 9, 2019 Roach Jr. challenged Jamel Herring's WBO super-featherweight title but lost via 12-round unanimous decision.
He became a world champion on November 25, 2023 at the age of 28 years, after by defeating Héctor Luis García, the then-reining WBA super-featherweight champion, via 12-round split decision. This was his 26th fight as a professional.
Roach Jr.'s latest fight was an 8th-round TKO victory over Feargal McCrory at age 28, on June 28, 2024, in which he successfully defended his WBA super-featherweight championship.
Lamont Roach Jr. Next Fight: He is next scheduled to fight Gervonta Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) on March 1, 2025. He will be fighting for the WBA lightweight title. On the day of the fight, he will be 29 years old, and Davis 30.
Some of Lamont Roach Jr.'s best fights so far have been against Héctor García, Jonathan Oquendo, and René Alvarado. For a complete list of Roach Jr.'s best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Lamont Roach Jr".
Roach Jr. has just a single loss on his record. For details about this loss refer to "Lamont Roach Jr Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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28 | Mar 01, 2025 | 29 | Gervonta Davis 30 30-0 | NA | NA
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27 | Jun 28, 2024 | 28 | Feargal McCrory | win | TKO 8 |
26 | Nov 25, 2023 | 28 | Héctor Luis García 32 16-1 | win | SD 12 |
25 | Jul 16, 2022 | 26 | Angel Rodriguez | win | UD 12 |
24 | Dec 18, 2021 | 26 | René Alvarado 32 32-10 | win | UD 10 |
23 | Jul 09, 2021 | 25 | Daniel Rosas | win | TKO 2 |
22 | Oct 30, 2020 | 25 | Neil John Tabanao | win | KO 3 |
21 | Nov 09, 2019 | 24 | Jamel Herring 34 20-2 | loss | UD 12 |
20 | May 04, 2019 | 23 | Jonathan Oquendo 35 30-5 | win | UD 10 |
19 | Dec 15, 2018 | 23 | Alberto Mercado | win | UD 10 |
18 | Jul 20, 2018 | 22 | Deivis Julio Bassa | win | RTD 6 |
17 | Apr 19, 2018 | 22 | Orlando Cruz | draw | SD 10 |
16 | Nov 30, 2017 | 22 | Rey Perez | win | UD 10 |
15 | Oct 21, 2017 | 22 | Luis Hinojosa | win | TKO 1 |
14 | Jun 30, 2017 | 21 | Jesús Valdez Barrayan | win | UD 10 |
13 | Jan 28, 2017 | 21 | Alejandro Valdez | win | KO 1 |
12 | Sep 02, 2016 | 21 | Mario Antonio Macías | win | KO 3 |
11 | May 07, 2016 | 20 | José Arturo Esquivel | win | UD 8 |
10 | Mar 05, 2016 | 20 | Jesús Lule | win | UD 8 |
9 | Oct 17, 2015 | 20 | José Bustos | win | UD 6 |
8 | Jun 30, 2015 | 19 | Christian Santibanez | win | UD 6 |
7 | Apr 18, 2015 | 19 | José Miguel Castro | win | UD 6 |
6 | Jan 20, 2015 | 19 | Herbert Quartey | win | TKO 4 |
5 | Dec 06, 2014 | 19 | Alexander Charneco | win | UD 4 |
4 | Oct 30, 2014 | 19 | Rafael Francis | win | TKO 1 |
3 | Sep 06, 2014 | 19 | Rocco Espinoza | win | MD 4 |
2 | Jun 05, 2014 | 18 | Miguel Antonio Rodríguez | win | RTD 1 |
1 | Apr 19, 2014 | 18 | Victor Galindo | win | UD 4 |