Rolly Romero has suffered 2 defeats already and should have lost Ismael Barroso, but he was gifted with a win and then lost the belt next to Pitbull next. So Rolly doesn't look good in his last couple of fights and probably that's why he was cherry pick.
And the height though, Ryan might find it hard to deal with Pitbull as he was a smaller fighter. Here, Rolly is 5'8 so that is a better target for him.
I reckon King Ry's original choice was Pitbull Cruz. This was before King Ry's team has spoken with the rich Arab master Turki. However, I speculate that after speaking with master Turki and after knowing master Turki's plan on King Ry vs. crying Haney 2, King Ry's team has changed their roadmap for 2025 and chose an more weaker opponent.
Yeah, perhaps sitting down with Turki, they convinced Ryan to just go with Rolly Romero, much easier opponent for him as he can bully Rolly. Unlike Pitbull who are going to fight back, so much better choice of opponents. For Haney, it will be a dangerous fight for him as Ramirez is a former champion. But again, hopefully, they win their respective bout so that everything is going to be set for one of the biggest fight for this year.
So ask P. Diddy, Lol . But what can you do? Turki is very powerful man and so he can take anyone he likes with him.
I reckon these opponents chosen for King Ry and Devin Haney by their teams and the rich Arab master Turki are similar to movies. These are only previews to the real movie which is King Ry vs. Haney 2 which will be organized for the tourist months in Saudi Arabia. This will be between October and March. I speculate that this rematch might be on October to begin the tourist months or on December during christmas time, the season where rich people will be spending their money hehehe.