Óscar de la Hoya, promoter of Golden Boy Promotions, reacted to Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero’s knockout loss to Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz laughing out loud on their social networks and took the opportunity to send him a message to the American.
In two posts on his official Instagram account, De La Hoya mocked the setback that Rolly Romero suffered against Pitbull Cruz – where he lost his World Boxing Association (WBA) super lightweight title – and He stressed to him that next time he should focus on his opponent and not him.
“We just heard that Rolly was stopped by a chihuahua. LMAO (I cracked up),” the promoter wrote in the video where he can be seen laughing out loud and suddenly his partner Bernard Hopkins appears.
“Fighters, you have one job and that is to fight and win. Rolly, you idiot, you got knocked out. Focus on your opponent instead of focusing on me. All other fighters, learn from Rolly. Don’t talk shit about promoters. “There are only three of us in the world, but only one who can make you a star,” he said. in another video posted on the same social network.
After leaving aside Ryan García and accepting the fight with Pitbull Cruz, Rolly Romero He said some things against Óscar de la Hoya and the Californian that the promoter did not like. For this reason, the fall against the Mexican seemed so funny to the former world champion that he did not waste the moment.
It should be noted that the Mexican dominated the American from start to finish and kept his mouth shut as he promised before the fight. Rolly Romero He could not at any time counteract the power of Pitbull Cruz and from the beginning he was hurt with strong blows, but he was able to survive on several occasions until the eighth the referee stopped the fight after a shower of fists.
After falling again and being silenced in the ring, the former two-division champion promised that he would return and changed his tone after he used his trash talk repeatedly to attack the Mexican during the promotion of the fight between the two.
For now, it is unknown what Rolly Romero’s next steps will be after this performance against the Mexican. Previously, the American He was interested in a fight with Ryan García, but now that he doesn’t have the belt it doesn’t seem possible that can happen. Another option would be to face the Venezuelan Ismael Barroso, whom he beat due to a controversial stoppage by referee Tony Weeks, who became interim WBA champion and has been calling for a rematch.
Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero, 27 years old, former champion of two weight divisions and now hopes to come back stronger to shake off this new setback in his career against Pitbull Cruz and try to be crowned again at 140 pounds. The American has a record of 15 wins (12 by fast track) and two losses.
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