There’s an excellent chance that Romero will get a fight against Gervonta Davis because his promoters at Mayweather Promotions want to keep him fighting in-house competition. I’m still a world-level fighter, and I’m the hardest puncher in the world under 147 pounds.Īnd so nobody can say s*** about it,” said Rolly Romero when asked if he needs to get more experience before fighting Tank Davis. I like 140 a little bit better, and I want to win belts in multiple divisions. “It’s a fight that can be made for sure, so hopefully, the fight can happen at 135 or even at 140. “I want Gervonta Davis that’s what I want. “If he comes back down to 135, that’s the fight I want,” said Rolando Romero to Fighthype on a clash against Gervonta Davis. The only thing Romero can do now is to face Commey to show that he can beat him.

NEWS: Floyd Mayweather wants Naoya Inoue to fight Gervonta Davis at catchweightĪt this point, it ’s too late for Romero to go back and attempt to rectify what happened because Jackson Marinez was knocked out in six rounds by Richard Commey earlier this year in February. Romero needed to fix things with something like that by showing the boxing fans that he is the better fighter, but he failed to make that move.Īs a result, the controversy from that fight has tarnished Romero, taking away a lot of the shine that he otherwise would have. Where Romero and his promoters slipped up is their decision not to give Marinez a rematch to try and clear up the controversy.

However, the boxing world had Marinez winning the fight comfortably. Romero still has many critics stemming from his controversial 12 round unanimous decision win over Jackson Marinez (19-2, 7 KOs) last August 2020 in Uncasville, Connecticut. Rolando Romero needs to clear up the controversy Brian Carlos Castano on Showtime Championship Boxing. Next Saturday, Romero will be defending his interim WBA 135-lb title against Austin Dulay (14-2, 10 KOs) in the co-feature bout on July 17th on the undercard of Jermell Charlo vs. He has not served any jail time thus far.WBA interim lightweight champion Romero, 24, says he’s the biggest puncher from 135 to 140 right now, and he’s capable of knocking out anybody in the division. He added to that in 2022 with an arrest for domestic violence. The kid from Maryland has had several run-ins with the law, including arrests for punching a friend in 2017, a domestic altercation with his girlfriend in 2020, and several charges for a hit-and-run in 2021.He was stripped of the IBF junior lightweight title in 2017 for being overweight by two pounds and then lost the opportunity to win the lightweight belt in 2019 when he was 1.5 pounds of the limit for a title bout against Yuriorkis Gamboa.

“Tank” has had issues making weight during his career.Davis has been compared to a mini Mike Tyson for his wins-to-knockouts ratio: 29/27.Gervonta Davis weight: Davis fights at lightweight at a limit of 132 pounds.Gervonta Davis record: 29-0 (27 knockouts).However, the 27-year-old native of Baltimore’s rise to fame has had some notable bumps in the road. He is an elite talent at lightweight, a champion, and is becoming one of the more notable brands in the fight game. With the backing of boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Davis has become one of the top young fighters in the sport.

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