Hours after comments were expressed indicating Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz and Lamont Roach Jnr would not return for a rematch, another outcome is materializing with a key player describing the negativity as “posturing.”

“If I had to guess, it’ll be Lamont Roach versus ‘Pitbull’ in New York, with the winner fighting [Gervonta] Davis,” Roach co-promoter Garry Jonas said on a special ProBoxTV discussion Wednesday on the set of “BoxingScene Today.”

Jonas, who owns ProBoxTV and BoxingScene, was joined by recent super-featherweight champion Roach and his trainer-father, Lamont Roach Snr, on the show, with the younger Roach reporting he did not require surgery on his broken right hand, which should require five weeks to heal.

On Tuesday, Cruz advisor Sean Gibbons said the delay in Roach’s injury and Cruz’s belief that he decisively defeated Roach would prompt them to move on and pursue fights against Davis, upcoming welterweight title challenger Ryan Garcia or current WBC 140lbs champion Subriel Matias.

Judges scored the bout 115-111 Cruz and 113-113, 113-113,a majority draw for Cruz’s WBC interim 140lbs belt.

“I was a little disappointed in the scoring. I thought I did enough to win the WBC interim 140lbs belt,” said Roach, who later admitted he would not accept a rematch in Texas, which offered a heavily pro-Cruz crowd.

Jonas said he realized around the halfway point of the bout that Roach had injured his hand, praising him for producing a “fun, close fight.”

“You get bad judging in those kinds of fights, with the crowd noise,” said Jonas, who noted Roach was in the exclusive company of fighters like Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford by going unbeaten in three consecutive fights in different weight classes.

Jonas said he noted the punch stats favored Roach, that “we’ll do a little audit … I believe we won a close fight.”

Jonas earlier Wednesday issued a press release saying he wanted Roach to next take a fight at home in Washington, but as the cast was discussing Cruz’s Tuesday disinterest in a rematch, Jonas confided that this type of resistance is usually a call for “more money.”

Jonas affirmed Roach is in a good place after being eligible for a rematch with Davis following their March draw at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, along with the fact that Premier Boxing Champions also wants to see Cruz-Roach II.

“I hope [Cruz] is a man of his word after saying he’s not a Gervonta Davis [looking to avoid the rematch]. Part two would be an even better fight with the drama and controversy,” Roach Snr said.

Analyst and former 140lbs champion Chris Algieri said he doesn’t believe Cruz’s fans will let him walk away from Roach after he gave Cruz such an in-your-face effort.

“If either rematch is on the table, we’ll likely go that route,” Jonas admitted. “[PBC] wants to go to New York [for Roach-Cruz II]. That’s fair, neutral territory.”

Algieri was impressed with how Roach rallied from a third-round knockdown to perform strongly in rounds five through 10.

“The momentum was with Lamont, but he’ll still have to deal with a fresh ‘Pitbull’ Cruz coming out of the gate.”

Roach Snr said he was “very proud” of his son’s effort, saying, “He went through adversity and showed his character.”

Roach Jnr said his brand-boosting 2025 is “only the beginning” as the fights of 2026 and beyond await.