Topic: Rolando Romero-Isaac Cruz to meet on March 30 in Las Vegas. - page 3. (Read 644 times)

And so just bumping this thread, damn, this fight is just about a week and we must have totally forget about it. But in any case, this is going to be a great fight. Romero defending his belt against Isaac Cruz. He did have some message on Ryan Garcia though and he is very serious about it as we all know that Ryan has had a breakdown recently in his social media as if he has his mental issues again. He just advises everyone around him to be there with Ryan and those that we have seen could be a signal that Ryan could be asking for help, according to him. No chances in the odds, Rolly still a big underdog.

It's how they can back up that trash talking, if not they the jokes on them. Just like when he trash talk his way against Gervonta Davis. And if I'm not mistaken, he said that he got the best of Davis during their sparring session. But it's totally different when they fought in the ring, Romero can't back it up, he had good rounds early, but after that Tank dominated him and then knocking him out. It's good that he didn't become a huge meme like Adrien Broner before when he really trash talk Maidana but then get knock down for the first time in his career and lost that fight. And after that, Broner wasn't able to recover from that and just become a journey man. So Rolly should be very careful here, Pitbull has the power to knock him out as well and he is a big underdog.

^^ It's just part of the game for Rolly, maybe he is trying his best to be a tough guy, so he has to talk trash to anyone he face in the ring, even Tank Davis. He also try to trash talk Ryan Garcia if I'm not mistaken, perhaps that was really to get his attention and he almost got to fight him until Ryan goes to Devin Haney. You can't blame Ryan though, higher risk and financially rewarding.

So nothing specially here, it's just how Rolly will talk, others go as low as being personal. Just like what Mayorga did when he fought Oscar, he attack him calling him clown, mentioning his wife. And for me those those are borderline personal already and boxers shouldn't go in that route.

Not all boxers are like that, Pacquiao has no history of bullying his opponent, and not all boxers can be bullied sometimes the one you're bullying will be motivated to destroy you just like in the case of Lennox Lewis and Manny Pacquiao.

HAtton when he Bullied Pacquiao he was knocked out cold in their match, after that knockout, Hatton was never the same fighter that he used to be, the same thing happened to Tyson against Lewis, Tyson showed the worse bullying a person can give to another person, but on the night of the fight, Tyson suffered the worse defeat of his career, and after that, he was never the same boxer again.

One of the characteristics of bullies in boxing they have total confidence that they can beat the guy and once they are badly defeated their confidence in the ring is greatly diminished, and their performance is never the same again.
On YouTube, you can find a lot of videos about boxers whose bullying has gone wrong, there are a lot of risks in a boxer bullying another boxer the bullied fighter is motivated to destroy their opponent and the bullies are pressured to beat the one he bullied and once it backfired he is done.


In Rolly Romero's body language, he is afraid of Isaac Cruz because the guy can hurt him and is merciless in the ring he tries to be funny by comparing Isaac to a chiuwawa but it will not work even if Isaac Cruz cannot speak English he always have an interpreter, this could become another a bullying gone wrong if Isaac destroy Romero, he already has one against Gervonta when he said that Tank is going to get knockdown in round one
But look at what happened check this video I hope Rolly already watched this video so he can shut his mouth against an opponent like Gervonta

When Trash Talk Goes Wrong in Boxing: Gervonta Davis vs Rolando Romero

Because both fighters were defeated by Davis and they are just fighting to regain back their honor once again, this is a one-time chance for Pitbull-Isaac Cruz to prove himself once again and a huge challenge for Romero since he gonna be defending himself against one of the current huge power punchers in their weight division. If he got caught up with constant overhand punches, he would be kissing the floor once again and that would be another humiliation for him. Unless he comes up with some good defense against it survives every round and wins against Cruz by judge decisions.

I think everyone want's to bully their opponent even before the fight, maybe to sell it or just used the mental game here. The thing with Pitbull is that he doesn't speak English, so Rolly or even Davis that time can bully or trash talk as much as they want but it might not be effective though.

But I do agree that this is going to be an action pack fight. Both have solid hands, and we will see who's going to land it fight and how will they react to each other's power. Pitbull though is still the favorite going into this fight although he is not a champion.

Romero is known as a bully inside and outside of the ring, but I don't think he can bully Pitbull in this fight, the last time he did bullying was in a fight against Gervonta he tried to be impose his bullying style and machismo against Gervonta but that's really what Gervonta want because when you're a bullying type you will always open up your defense if he tries to bully Pitbull Cruz he'll get knocked out just like the way Gervonta knocks him out.
The only way to fight a fighter like Pitbull is to frustrate him and use a strategy like what Gervonta did hit and run and take cover, it's going to be an interesting and action pack fight between the two,  and Romero should think of better idea on how to tame the Pitbull his bullying tactics will not work this time

Here, you can see the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKa0Cnsyt9k

He said that when he throws it hit the top of the head of Cruz that's why his hands is broken or injured throughout the fight. And he endured it throughout and still one beat Isaac Cruz literally with just one hand.

Yes, it's impressive when we think that Tank is being protected, but that one fight against Cruz shows his resiliency.

I don't think that Romero will change his style though, I mean he just want to engage and fight toe to toe but will be his downfall here as Isaac Cruz also loves to throw everything. And maybe his short stature will be at his advantage as Romero will have to look down and throw punches and it might lose some momentum downward.

And that's what happen to Tank Davis, the head of Pitbull become his target and so it's one of the hardest part of our body and that's why he broke his hands and got injured and wasn't able to knockout Pitbull in their fight.

Rolly Romero needs to improve his boxing skills to win the fight since Isaac Cruz isn't a very technical fighter, he just like to attack and pressure his opponent, so if Romero gets tired, that will be his end in the fight. Tank Davis was just to technical the reason why he won the fight, but he could not knock out Cruz because he has some solid chin and Tank Davis knows if he gets careless, he might make a mistake and will lose.

I didn't actually know that he was injured during the fight, but if that was true, then I'm impressed with how he handles that injury that he was still able to grab a victory.

I don't know mate if you have followed boxing, but Rolly Romero is not undefeated, both of this boxers have lost to Tank Davis. Here is the video of Tank Davis knocking out Romero, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De4Q32fiUxQ&t=47s.

Isaac Cruz on the other hand, go full distance, but Tank won unanimously, 116-112 115-113, 115-113. And later we found out that Tank injured his hand and said that Cruz head cause that injury. Goodluck to your bet if ever, Rolly is the underdog in this fight so that is a attractive bet already.

I reckon the 2nd option that you put, perhaps it was hard to negotiate against Oscar and have Ryan Garcia match against Rolly Romero. Garcia could be the A-side, but Romero has the belt so who is going to take the lion purse?

Maybe the winner facing Ryan Garcia next, specially if Romero wins as he is a underdog here and then retain his so called gifted belt. So at least, winner fighting Garcia, and Ryan just waiting as he will have a good chance to become a world champion at 140 lbs because I think he can beat either of them easy.

Lol, but it's true, he makes this fight so personal for Isaac Cruz and now he will have to pay for that insult inside the ring. We might say that his chin is not that good, Davis broke it already and the old Barroso was able to connect and soften that chin.

And he even admit that Barroso hits harder, but then again, the pressure fighter that is Cruz, Romero might have a hard time dealing with it. Plus Pitbull also has a decent power of his own that can knockout everyone if he hits it perfectly.

Here's the records of these two boxers. Looks like Isaac Cruz has more experience here but what I like about Ronaldo Romero is undefeated, for sure he will defend it.
The odds really look good to bet here, for the odds, I will bet small with Rolando Romero here.
Stance and height are for Rolando Romero.

So far this is the vote
Rolando  Romero by decision    - 0 (0%)
Rolando  Romero by knock out    - 0 (0%)
Isaac Cruz by decision    - 3 (37.5%)
Isaac Cruz by KO    - 5 (62.5%)
   
Total Voters: 8

I did not vote for Rolly because based on his last fights and against Gervonta he has a soft chin, Barros almost knocked him out. all Isaac Cruz will do is to pressure Romero into opening up so he can connect, Rolly is in trouble for mocking the Pitbull and calling chiwawa, he will have to run because Pitbull will chase him all throughout the fight, I think the coming press con will be more exciting for both fighters.

Or the whole card in general doesn't create a buzz. And I'm surprised that Pitbull Cruz is the favorite here? I thought that Rolly will be like the favorite as he is the champion. But perhaps odd makers think that Cruz power and his style will make it very difficult for Rolly to retain his belt. Or Rolly just lucky enough to won against a old Barroso and capture that belt and so it was just gifted to him.

And this whole event might just come and go for casual boxing fans. No offense to those fighters involved and their fans, but I think this fight will not generate enough hype for us as the boxers involved is not well known, IMHO.

Why this fight is less discussion here? For me this fight is more interesting than the main event Thurman vs Tszyu. That Thurman vs Tszyu just come from no where tbh. Anyway I'll pick Rolly over Pitbull for this fight. I know Rolly's last two fights were controversial; some think he lost to Barroso. I believe Romero has a significant advantage against shorter opponents. Although he lost to Tank but that is an exception. Tank is currently the best boxer in their division. For sure Rolly can't KO Pitbull but will win in decision just like what happen in his last fight against Barroso.

It was not a factor when he fought Tank Davis he had a long reach and he boasted that he could beat Tank with his size but look at what happened Tank just humiliated him and knocked him out, the same thing happened against Barosso, he has the height, the reach, the age, the power but unfortunately he had a very weak chin and that causes him trouble and same thing will happen here if he cannot contain the Pitbull.
It's interesting to see what strategy Romero will employ to stop Pitbull Cruz, Tank had a hard time stopping the Pitbull's attack the big suspect here is Romero's glass chin.
Isaac will go for it, Romero must keep it from being exposed, it's two months of training its interesting to see too if Romero will thrashtalk Pitbull the way he thrashtalk Tank Davis.

I think with Rolly's size and reach he could KO Cruz, it depends on how he will utilize this advantage knowing his opponent is a much-experienced fighter. Both came out from the loss of Tank, I think they learned a lot from that fight emotionally and improved their fighting skills.

Cruz winning this fight we might be seeing a unified fight again maybe Browny Matias or Teo. Whoever wins I think.

I voted first before I checked some of the opinions here, and I thought two people including me would vote for Pitbull to win by a knockout, but we are four and I think more people will vote for Isaac Cruz for a knockout, Isaac will remind Romero of Tank Davis who knock him out and he can do that because on two occasions his chin was exposed.
Isaac was never been seriously hurt so he can take Romero's punches but we don't know if Romero can withstand the Pitbull's assault, he should do what he did against Barosso and that is by running a lot in the ring.