Had there been a fight of monikers, it would have looked like The Ghost vs. Kid Blast . Behind the headlines, however, a different narrative unfolds. It’s a clash between a 30-year-old former title challenger and a 39-year-old former two-division champion. At the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, the free segment of the Lamont Roach Jr. vs. Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz Amazon Prime PPV concludes with a ten-round light-welterweight bout between Frank Martin and Rances Barthelemy.

Just a month away from his 31st birthday, for Detroit-born Frank Martin , a win over a former world champion potentially paves the way back to boxing mainstream. Absent from the limelight since his loss to Gervonta “Tank” Davis, he now seeks fortune in a new weight class. The path, however, is riddled with poth

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