Rolly Romero Sends A Strong Message To Golden Boy
WBA junior welterweight champion Rolando “Rolly” Romero (15-1, 13KO) wants Golden Boy Promotions to know that he was paid handsomely to fight one time lightweight title challenger Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (25-2-1, 17KO).
Rolly was on the verge of fighting Ryan Garcia, who changed direction to fight WBC champ Devin Haney. Romero got revenge by announcing a fight with Cruz, when Garcia tried to double back to make the fight.
The WBA champion disagreed with the notion that Garcia was the A-side. The people at Golden Boy Promotions feel he made the wrong decision and would have earned more money fighting Garcia.
HE DID NOT TAKE A PAY CUT
While speaking with Fight Hub TV, Rolly expressed that he was very well compensated.
“Al Haymon [is] where all the money is at. Why am I going to fight on a shitty ass platform when I can grow Amazon Prime . . . You’re going to tell me that I made the wrong decision – no. Al made me a beautiful offer, and like I said, they could go fuck themselves . . . Al Haymon gave me a better deal.”
Rolando Romero
Premier Boxing Champions would’ve been foolish to let Romero fight on another network after signing a deal with Prime. The first priority will be to help grow the business on the new platform.
In this author’s opinion, it was a smart move by Romero, who needs to erase the controversial stoppage he received against Ismael Barroso from boxing fans’ memory. In addition, Cruz is a live dog with an aggressive, fan-friendly style and possesses the power to win the fight.
Boxing fans can catch all the action live on Amazon Prime pay-per-view, on March 30.
