Topic: Rolando Romero-Isaac Cruz to meet on March 30 in Las Vegas. (Read 661 times)

That bolded statement, that is the thing when you have the looks and the charisma with the fans. Even if Ryan losses against Haney, he will still have the following no matter what who he faces next. It could be just a tune up and still it will sell.

But only if Ryan can translate that hype to really winning fights. he will really be a big superstar. Unfortunately, he is not, and he can talk about legacy, but at the end of the day, it's all about how he can generate millions and that's why they will put Ryan's name in their mouth with this 140 lbs champion.

Ryan is just so in demand, everyone wants to fight him because they think he is easy to beat at the same time they can make big money. Well, since Ryan was already scheduled to fight Haney, after this there's a lot of time for Cruz and Garcia to  negotiate and schedule a fight this year.

One step at a time for Ryan, he can fight 2 or 3 times this year and it doesn't matter if he loss because fans are still interested to see him win or lose.

Regardless of the outcome of the fight I think Ryan vs Cruz will be the next big fight.

I think it's because earlier there were news that Ryan is supposedly fight Romero or Pitbull, but that fight was put on hold and then the name of Haney was in the front and so this fight is made already. And perhaps that's why his opinion is needed because he could be in that position and who knows he could be a champion in the 140 lbs and not Cruz. But after that statement, Ryan should go back to Haney and that will be his motivation before dealing with Pitbull. And if ever Pitbull vs Ryan Garcia is going to happen in the future, I think I will go with Ryan, he might caught Pitbull with his left hook and then Cruz might go down. But that was just me though, we don't know if that fight is destined to happen in the future.

He is just trying to stay real here, I mean that's already his character and he is playing with it. Some love his style while some hate it but we can't deny Ryan were able to get our attention and he is gaining from it so his fights are being profitable. I'm sure what he says doesn't reflect what he is doing in the actual, he is professional and knows has a big fight to prepare for, so it's expected that he is giving his best during the training.

Now, we are talking about Ryan vs Pitbull, this is actually a good fight but honestly I don't find it good for Pitbull. We may have different opinion here but a Ryan vs Pitbull is way better than Ryan vs Haney where obvisouly Ryan is a clear underdog.

I think that is the keyword, distraction, Ryan still hasn't learn a thing or two throughout his boxing career and that's why he will not be as great as what others think he will be in the future. And he has been exposed by Canelo and his former trainer Eddy Reynoso so I'm not surprised that he talks about Pitbull when he has a fight in his hand.

It's more of a weak mind though, he has mental breakdown already. So doesn't matter if he is that good, there is no clinical diagnosis for a a mental breakdown, maybe next week we will hear stories again from Ryan that is so absurd that we thinks he is losing his mind, just saying.

Ryan is taking too much on what he can take, he needs to know that he is an underdog in his match against Haney so he needs to improve on his chances, he is adding another distraction to his training.
If ever he gets to meet Isaac in the ring I don't think his chances are good and he will suffer worse than what Rolly suffers.

Ryan has a week chin and a week body and he is bragging about his power as if he had the power of a heavyweight, Isaac will just eat his punches, just like how he takes Tank and Rolly's punches.

Seriously bro? Haney is just on the other level, he is undefeated for a reason and is trying to be at the top of the pound for pound ranking. Have you see the fights of Haney? Well, he maybe boring sometimes but he is dominating his opponent, except on his fight with Loma which was a controversial one.

Here's what I think ...

Haney > King Ray > Cruz

I believe King Ryan can easily beat Haney but beating Pitbull Cruz might not be so easy. Ryan still have chance for sure against Pitbull Cruz IMO. Devin Haney's last fight against Lomachenko was a total robbery, so I think King Ryan can handle Devin Haney. I'm more excited to see rematch between Pitbull Cruz and Tank Davis than these unreasonable matches.

If I'm Ryan, I will keep quiet for now and focus on beating Haney instead of jumping on the bandwagon because Isaac Cruz bet Rolly Romero. He has a bigger fish to fry here and not be concern of Cruz. For sure, Pitbull is not going to back out from a possible Ryan fight because of the money and he will milk his status as a WBO champion for now.

Yeah, he could beat Pitbull 9 out of 10, but still talking about him when he has a full plate in front of him and we don't know if he can beat this version of Haney which settled at 140 lbs and no more draining and that's why he improved his power when he bring down Prograis and then took the belt.

Ryan is already making a hype  on other fighter even if he is not yet done with Haney. Well, let's expect that Haney will win, in that case Ryan already had a fight line up for him just in case he'll not heavily injured.

Honestly, I think if Ryan will fight Cruz, I would choose Ryan to win here as Cruz style is very fit for Ryan with his counter punch ability. As what we have witness in his previous fight, he already learned to use a different strategy and showed some quickness, Rolly doesn't have that, so he lose.

I can't wait for this fight..

Here we go again after Isaac Cruz brutally beat Rolly Romero, Ryan Garcia is at it again posting that Isaac Cruz is an easy fighter to beat, Isaac Cruz should give a Garcia a chance after Haney beat him a chance for another title so he can receive the same beating Rolly received at the hands of Isaac so he'll be humble.
Garcia never learned a lesson after Tank beat hi, he still think he is a great fighter.

He is special in the way he talk, but he fight? nope, nothing much although he was once a champion. He still need a lot of improvement, maybe work more at the gym and talk less, still not too late for him though, he is still young and sure still more fights will come for him. But for now, let's give the appreciation to Pitbull because he was well prepared and well condition, that's why he fought like a real Pitbull that TKO Rolly.

I don't see anything special about Rolly Romero, in the first place he shouldn't be the champion and that Ismael Barroso should have won in their fight but the referee really help Romero to win and get at title.

And now that he fight a prime fighter, then it shows that there is nothing significant or that he have that IT factor to become a star. He as just given a chance against Tank Davis that time and they thought that he will give Tank a good fight but Davis just destroy him.

That's what he get his nickname though, Pitbull, because he was scary looking and very relentless in his attack. We've seen him giving Tank Davis a good match during their fight. And even at losing that fight, he can so much experience and now that he is the champion.


I don't think that there will be a rematch clause, it's not even close. Rematch happen if the fight is really controversial and the judges scoring is wrong at some point. Rolly should accept this accept and move on. However, in this fight, he doesn't look like he belongs to the top of the 140 lbs. Just imagine him fighting the likes of Matias who is a heavy puncher, he could ended up in the matt and sleeping.

Isaac has never been knocked out Pitbull can take a punch, Rolly is so confident that Isaac can't take his punch but he was surprised that he cannot hurt Isaac and he also was surprised how hard and strong Isaac punches were.
There are so many Rolly Romero memes now after this humiliation, Rolly Romero never learned his lesson he thrashtalks Tank Davis he called Barroso old and now he called Isaac Cruz Chiuwawa and look what happened to him he was humiliated in all those fights.

I don't think Rolly still has a place as a champion there are a lot of great champions that he needs to fight and I don't think he can match the power and skills of these champions.

Rolly should have taken the Ryan Garcia match where he is supposed to earn $5 million but he opted to fight Isaac where he only gets less than $ 1 million.

He was still durable to last how many rounds despite being hit by solid punches from Cruz. But he should have known that Cruz strategy is just to attack until he wears down his opponent, no adjustment made by Rolly so he lose the fight. I thought he was smarter and will try to use his speed, but we didn't see that, it seems like he underestimated the power of Cruz and just let himself go with the style of Cruz which we saw he can't beat.

Well, if there's a rematch for this, it would be nice but obviously the result might still be the same as it's not the first time Rolly loss, but he might experience another loss from the same boxer.

When I watched it earlier, it seemed like Isaac enjoying what he was doing he was in his rhythms, and his power punches were connecting at a high percentage, which only assured that Romero was about to get knockdown because no one can take those unique power punches throughout the 12 rounds except by dodging most of it. But as for him, he took all those punches and the result was an easy win for Isaac because Romero couldn't take any more of those punches and he was good not to take any more rounds because the ending would be more uglier than that.

I do agree, I guess Rolly Romero really woke up the beast in Isaac Cruz pre-fight as he trash talk Isaac and he really is motivated to knockout Romero after what he has said and act in their promotion. Romero is known to be a big puncher too, but the problem is that he can't take a punch himself. We have seen Tank Davis broke his chin and it's just a matter of time before Isaac can landed his power.

And once it touches Romero, it's over for him. Again, he is exposed to be just a ordinary boxer and nothing special about Romero. He is lucky to have that WBA belt, and now lost it at his first defense, lol, but a bum.

In the first round of the fight, it seemed to me that Rolando Romero managed to have an acceptable performance, he didn't dominate the fight in the first round in my opinion, he didn't put too much pressure on his opponent. in the second round it also seemed like a balanced fight, with Isaac Cruz always very defensive waiting for Rolando Romero's attacks so he could make a very quick and strong counterattack and Rolando Romero kept falling for Rolando Romero's strategy, he could choose not to make constant attacks and wait for Issac Cruz to attack, that way he would have the chance to counterattack and land his punches on Issac Cruz's weak points, in the third round it was also the same thing as in rounds 1 and 2

In the final minutes of round four, Isaac Cruz broke out of his system of defending himself waiting for a counterattack and it was in the attack that he was successful, I don't know if he did this with the intention of testing whether it was time for him to start attacking and lowering his defense a little, I say this because in round 5 he moved more to the attack, he changed his way of fighting in the 1, 2, 3 and 4 rounds. He started putting pressure on Romero and this lasted until round 8 in which Romero lost the fight. In my opinion, Romero in round 8 was already exhausted. Congratulations to Issac Cruz for the victory

He was being delutional if he thought it will be an easy fight for him. Davis even struggle to beat Pitbull and he think it will be easy for him? No no... he was hit by a reality now that Cruz should be respected.. If he was faster, he might not get hit but Cruz just know how to timing it right and he like a bull who keeps attacking until he destroys his opponent.

Anyway, anyone here able to hit that round range KO? That was 7-9 rounds.

Romero's loss is even worse than when he lost to Gervonta, it's very ugly for Romero he was holding on for dear life on rounds 7 and 8th the doctor even gave him a warning so many big punches are landing on Romero than during his interview it seems Rolly do not know what hit him.

Rolly thought that it was going to be an easy fight until he was hit by Isaac's left hook that left him groggy and struggling on his feet, I don't know where Rolly's career is going it's very obvious he cannot take a punch and pressure.

Yeah, that's what really happens when someone underestimate his opponent, they are going to regret it later. So the hype of Isaac Cruz is for real, he is now at the top of 140 lbs and a champion and so he also take notice to the likes of Subriel Matias or even Teo Lopez.

But I wanted him to defend it first before going with the big boys, he needs to proved that it's no fluke winning against the overrated Romero. As for Rolly, well he needs to go back to the drawing board but I do not see him as the top tier 140 lbs.

I only get to see the highlight of the fight it is a massacre of Isaac Cruz on Rolly Romero, Isaac Cruz is unstoppable pummeling him with a barrage of punches.

Isaac is very motivated to hurt Romero right from the start because of the insult and Romero thinks that he can hurt Isaac but the Pitbull just eats up his punches.
This is the second loss of Romero and the second stoppage of his career maybe this will end his bragging and insulting his opponents.

It's just so funny that the two fighters who stop him are small guys who he insulted, I guess this is the end of the road for Romero.

Rolly is about to get straight up BODIED by Isaac Cruz and thoroughly outboxed in the process in dominant fashion, the early round might be competitive but as the fight goes on Isaac Cruz's head movement and inside game are going to be the difference maker.
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Romero’s behaviour showed his lack or seriousness and credibility. He might be the most delusional fighter in the sport and that says a lot when there are mentally unstable people like Ryan Garcia around.

Isaac Cruz is very one dimensional but that was more than enough to beat someone as limited as Romero, whose only strategy was to run around and hug a lot in order to avoid getting knocked out. The strategy backfired miserably and Romero was dominated the entire fight before eventually getting knocked out.

I hope to never see Rolly fighting for an undeserved title ever again. I expect Pitbull will probably get a big fight against Tank Davis. He is a popular fighter with a title who doesn’t pose as much of a threat as Haney or Shakur. It is a marketable in-house fight for PBC that will allow Tank to further avoid the other champions I mentioned.

Perhaps it's going to be 7-10, the over and under is 9.5 rounds. So it will be good if we are going to bet on the round range if it is available already to the sports bookies that we wanted to bet.

Cruz is all serious business here while Romero continues to clowning his opponent to the point of giving him the middle finger in their weigh-in. And we have seen many fighters already who trash talk before the fight but ended up losing in a bad fashion. So I wouldn't be surprised if Romero goes down hard in the canvass stiff and can't get up from the power of Isaac Cruz.

Judging on the way these two fighters fight, people would choose Pitbull because he is a very aggressive fighter and he gave Tank Davis a very tough fight that some even think he had won. Now,  he is back again in a championship fight, being a challenger but listed as a favorites, bettors really know what they are doing as betting with Cruz is worth for our money even if he will not suceed because we will certainly see him working hard looking for that KO, in short, he is not boring.



How about 1-3? Kidding... well, if I would choose between the two, I'll take round 7-10... not 20.. 

Of course we will see a new champion and Pitbull will have a big fight next because he will become a champion. It would be easier for him to get a rematch with Tank Davis in case he still like to be the underdog and try to beat the undefeated boxer.

Cruz is so focus, he is like a pitbull that continues to attack, so I wouldn't be surprise if we see a KO here and this fight will not go to distance.

What's the best rounge range for Pitbull Cruz to win by KO, 4-6 or 7-20?

The weigh-in,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TlenFg6Mc

138 3/4 pounds for the challenger Pitbull Cruz. Romero at 139 1/2 pounds. And then Romero giving the middle finger to Pitbull, LOL.

Romero might be the champion here, but he is a big underdog against the pressure fighter in Pitbull Cruz. Do we see a new champion this weekend? Or Romero retaining his belt (this is first time defending the belt).

I think it's a natural thing because it's a form of psywar before the fight is done by them on March 30, and interestingly Garcia who was previously predicted to be Romero opponent continues to tell the media that Romero is a coward for canceling their fight that should have been earlier this year and instead chose Isaac Cruz as an opponent to put his WBA title on the line at this time,  I think the form of arrogance  shown by Romero was just a form of intimidation for Isaac Cruz who was about to make his debut at super lightweight 63.5.

I think even though Isaac Cruz is the debut fighter in that class of course he cannot be underestimated because indeed he has a clear punch that can knock out Romero in the ring, I personally lean to see if Isaac Cruz will be able to win over Romero, because I think the previous match against Davis Tank is my reference to favorite Isaac Cruz to win,  Facing Davies Tank who is known to be quite dangerous, Isaac Cruz only lost to the referee's decision after undergoing 12 rounds that were quite heavy, while Romero actually lost by knockout after being hit by Davis Tank in the 6th round.

I saw this on Youtube Romero doing what he does best and that is taunting his opponent again, this time he is showing off his chiwawa chain with the face of a human that looks like Isaac I think he had made it for this scenario and he is doing thrash talk 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMPcKmAVFnc

I think we'll get a repeat of what happened when Romero was knocked out again because of his arrogance and bravado approach by Tank Davis, I don't think he can back out Isaac because he can take punches and he has a good defense.

Interesting, this is a good opportunity to bet on, even though Isaac Cruz was tarnished in 2021 who had the opportunity to take the WBA title, but I have no doubt, if Isaac fights Rolando Romero at the end of next March, I will have seen the boxer nicknamed Pitbullbet on the ring.

Of all the boxers named Isaac Cruz who are turbulent in the ring, he has shown his fans good results from 28 appearances in the ring, 25 wins. This shows that Isaac Cruz cannot be underestimated and is not a bad boxer, It's not that Rolando Romero is not good, but there are certain reasons why I have to say that Isaac Cruz is superior to Rolando in the boxing arena.

The point is that both boxers have their own unique backgrounds in defending their boxing titles. I have seen in interviews how they fight to defend their position in boxing, I can't wait to see which of them is the coward, Isaac or Rolando, obviously I will keep one of them.

Both are knockout artists they both have good records, and the fight could go either way but I like Isaac Cruz chances because he can take punches, he eats up Gervonta's punches something that Rolly Romero failed to do and if they slug it out Isaac has a better chances because he can do rapid punches compared to Roly Romero who picks his punches.
The Tszyu - Fundora match will be exciting to watch but this match will even match or surpass the excitement

^^ if we look at the odds though, it seems that odd makers see Cruz winning this fight. I think it's based on Romero's recent performance as he really didn't look good but we all know that Cruz is a pressure fighter.

But if Rolly Romero changes his style and likely be the aggressor, then we might be looking for a knockout win by either fighter. If he caught Cruz, we will see if his chin is strong, or if Cruz landed one of his wild shots, can Rolly withstand that?

Romero by either decision or knock out is very attractive, just to let everyone knows. And the over/under per rounds is 9.5.

Isaac Cruz is the favorite between the two but I stumble this interview with Rolly Romero and he had a good view on the strategy that he is going to use against Pitbull Cruz


Rolando Romero on Isaac Cruz: 'I Don’t Got to Set Traps – He’s Already Set Up'

He is right on this all of Rolly's opponents including Tank have been chased by Rolly and Isaac could be the first fighter he's not going to chase Rolly is a strong fighter based on his record.

Do you all think that Rolly will surprise Pitbull Cruz and all of us, we're expecting Isaac to maul Rolly Romero, it could be the other way around.

They have their public work out already, and as per Isaac Cruz,


https://www.boxingscene.com/rolando-romero-on-isaac-cruz-i-dont-got-set-traps-hes-already-set-up--182425

Yes, this is true, this is his second chance to be a champion, the first time was against Tank Davis but he fell short. Now he got his chance against Romero, who in this fight is the big underdog because of his last performance.

But hopefully, as promise by this two warriors that this will be a war in the ring and it won't be a boring fight.

Style makes fights, but I do agree, although during the Davis vs Romero fight, Tank is fighting with one hand, as the other hand is injured. But the beating he put on Rolly though, it should humbled Romero but I don't think that is the case.

And probably this is the reason why Romero is the favorite, he is the one charging and he could be controlling the fight from the first round and Rolly Romero playing defensively and maybe timing the incoming Pitbull and see if he can catch him with his sneaky left hook.

They both fought Gervonta and although they both lose to the same fighter, Rolly gets the worst beating while Isaac almost beats Gervonta, I have never seen a fighter who backs up the Pitbull he is the one always charging, he is a pressure fighter, Rolly also do not back out in any fight and he also moves forward, so it's interesting who will attack more, but I guess its Isaac since he is the challenger here and the one who have to wrestle the title.
Both can score a knockout here so we fans have to be glued as knockout can happen anytime in this fight.

Rolly has most of the advantage as we can see in the tale of the tape. However, I like that Isaac Cruz has more experience and the fact that he already fought a great boxer ( Tank Davis) and he survive, I think he has a shot of winning here.

I could also agree with the betting odds making Isaac Cruz the favorite to win. I haven't check on my bookie yet but based on the link below, it was Cruz which is heavily favored to win.

https://www.oddschecker.com/us/boxing-mma/boxing/rolando-romero-v-isaac-cruz

Isaac Cruz -220

It's 12 days to go and no one's going to forget this fight I have already marked it in my calendar since I'm the one who created this thread I'm following it up, Rolly should stop pestering Ryan and focus on Isaac because Isaac is a serious opponent he cannot bully Isaac because this guy act like a Pitbull inside the ring
on the poll out of 9 voters, only 1 believe that Rolly can beat the Pitbull.

Very interesting to watch the final press conference and the weigh-in let's see if Rolly is going to thrash-talk Isaac again like he did in their last press conference comparing Isaac to a Chiuwawa.

Here is the Tale of the tape of the two fighters

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.

I'm surprise that no one has votted for Romero here to win despite he is the defending. It seems people are not convince that he is deserving to be a champion. Isaac Cruz here the pitbull is very hungry for a win, his Legit loss (recent) came from Tank Davis which is a superstar, and it was easy and easy win for Davis, so Cruz had proven he can go toe to toe againts a champion.

If we compare Rolly and Tank Davis, it's pretty obvious that Davis is more quality as a champion, so I understand now why everyone was rooting for Isaac Cruz to win the fight. And even in the betting odds are quite surprising, Cruz is the heavy favorite.

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@freedomgo. However, we should also remember that Tank Davis also injured his left hand during the fight against Isaac Cruz. The fight was certainly more impressive for Tank than for Pitbull, I reckon.

In any case, I also agree that it is very head scratching on why Rolly Romero chose a tougher opponent and a lower purse. It might because Oscar dela Hoya was making it very difficult to negotiate.

I don't get why Rolly choose to fight  Pitball Cruz, this guy is the real definiton of his name, he doesn't know how to back down, he keeps attacking until his opponent gets tired and will be KO.  Pitball Cruz was maybe the only one that gives Tank Davis a little problem in the fight, although Davis won the fight but he wasn't too convincing as he could not hurt  Pitball Cruz with some solid shots.

Rolly better enjoy his current status as it will not last for long, have he chosen to keep the negotiation effective with Ryan Garcia, it could be 50/50 or he'll be a on a slight disadvantage, but his opponent now, he needs to be prepared for a big war, it's a brawl baby.

So far on the poll I created, Isaac Cruz got all the votes it is still zero for Romero, I think this is going to be the trend if we base it on the two fighter's last two fights Isaac Cruz had the best performance although he drew against Cabrera, Cabrera was undefeated and a boxer with very good potential, compared to Romero's last fight he was almost beaten by Barosso, he was a big disappointment, he will have to stick to his hit and run tactic as he did against Barosso because Isaac knows he has a glass chin and Romero has since changed his style after getting knocked out by Gervonta but when you have a glass chin you have a liability when you are fighting in the ring.

Anyone will be a perfect style for Ryan, both Romero and Cruz are aggressive and Ryan can counter all day with his left hook when they go inside on him. But as others have said, in-house fight, and so Ryan can move to fight Ramirez as well, same idea, all in-house fight for Oscar. And maybe the winner can then go fight the winner of this fight.


He just throw with bad intention, and so if he caught you, might be a knockout. But remember when Davis fought Isaac, he broke his right hand and he says that Isaac is very difficult to knockout because of his stature and movement.

Agreed. It might also have been very good for the fans if Ryan Garcia would fight Isaac Cruz. Pitbull likes to move forward and King Ry has a powerful counter left hook which is a very perfect weapon for the style of his opponent.

However, on Romero vs. Cruz, it appears those who voted certainly know that Pitbull will be a more favored fighter by the oddsmakers hehe. I also disagree with you. Isaac Cruz does not throw everything but the kitchen sink. He will throw everything and the kitchen sink hehehehee.

I think that's one reason, all in house money for PBC and Al, easy fight to make Rolly Romero vs PitBull Cruz. But reports says that winner will get Ryan Garcia. But who knows how tough it will be for the negotiation to happen. If they can't make Romero vs Garcia in the first place, then how will they negotiate it again if by chance Romero win the match against Cruz.

So pretty lame undercard, and in the first place the main card itself is questionable, Thurman being out of the action for 23 months has suddenly become the mandatory or at lest have the first crack against the champion in Tsyzu.

@Hirose UK - I'm sorry but you seems haven't seen the fight on how Romero got his belt. I suggest you search for his fight against Barroso before you can say that he is one of the best boxers in his class. He might be the champion for now, but he is the weakest, in my opinion, and that belt is just gifted to him as he was in trouble in that fight and the stoppage on Barroso was premature.

It looks like this fight is aimed at Rolly Romero being able to defend the WBA belt he previously won, Pitbull Cruz himself is also fighting to win the title and if there is no title at stake then I sure an agreement in this fight will not be reached.
Previously, Rolly Romero also met Ismael Barosso and in this meeting it was quite an enjoyable fight, Rolly Romero managed to get what he should have, namely the championship belt.

In this fight, I still have prediction that Rolly Romero will be able to win, even though Pitbull Cruz is not fighter who can be easily beaten, but with the strong punches that Romero has, he can definitely make Cruz fall.
At least if it not knockout victory then an absolute victory by the referee decision, he is very great boxer and he has been educated as fighter since he was child.
Now Romero is proving his worth and he has become one of the best boxers in his class.

Rolly is in trouble again, Pitball Cruz is so hard to tame he will have to work double time to tame the Pitbull considering that his last fight against Barroso was not that good he almost lost this fight and Barosso is an aging fighter, Rolly Romero should upgrade his defense, Cruz is the kind of fighter that will throw everything but the kitchen sink.
Romero should have accepted the Garcia fight, he could have made a lot of money from that fight I'm not saying that Isaac Cruz is better than Ryan Garcia but Romero's style is very much suited for the Pitbull, Pitbull loves opponents that keep moving forward, and Romero will be in trouble if he is not careful on how he deal with Pitbull he is one merciless Pitbull.

A PPV main event against Ryan Garcia would have been much more significant for either fighter instead of being on washed up Thurman’s undercard. I don’t get the logic of turning down better opportunities. Al Haymon is determined to keep everything in-house and make the most money possible for himself. Remaining loyal to PBC can be financially rewarding if you have the appeal of Spence, Wilder, and Davis who have had a lot of marketing behind their careers — for lower profile fighters it is often counterproductive and leads to inactivity and stagnation.

After the Ryan Garcia - Rolly Romero deal breakdown Rolly Romero just secured a bout against Pitbull Cruz as the co - main event of the Thurman - Tzsyu title
match It is not yet announced if Romero's title will be on the line but I'll update if there's a confirmation that this is a title fight, but I honestly think it should be as Cruz is a worthy contender, but Romero is contractually obligated to fight Barosso so the reason why this is not a title fight.


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