Turki Alalshikh introduced at the moment that the beforehand revealed Ryan Garcia vs Rolando Romero-led tripleheader will land on Might 2nd in New York’s Instances Sq., sooner or later earlier than Canelo Alvarez faces William Scull in Riyadh.
Of the unique lineup, the primary occasion and Devin Haney vs Jose Ramirez stay intact. For apparent causes, Martin Bakole vs Efe Ajagba is now not on the docket; whereas there have been rumblings that the bout was nonetheless on monitor, that quick a turnaround after that nasty a knockout can be asking for bother.
As an alternative, Teofimo Lopez (21-1, 13 KO) will defend his WBO tremendous light-weight title in opposition to Arnold Barboza Jr (32-0, 11 KO), who beat Jack Catterall for the interim belt earlier this month. Lopez has lengthy derided Barboza and had his sights set on a unification bout with IBF titlist Richardson Hitchins, however he’ll kick off his tenure with Riyadh Season by making his first obligatory protection since taking the belt from Josh Taylor in 2023.
Most likely the best-matched combat on the cardboard, truthfully. Romero must be a primary goal for Garcia’s left hook if the latter’s BAC is below 0.10 and Barboza gave Haney the blueprint for defusing the growing old Ramirez.
