Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero, the WBA gentle welterweight champion, says he can’t wait to hit the “fats little pet” Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz to the physique after they meet of their 12-round chief assist bout on Amazon Prime PPV on March thirtieth.
Rolly (15-1, 13 KOs) famous that the 5’4″ Pitbull Cruz (25-2-1, 17 KOs) was carrying round a whole lot of fats round his midsection throughout their kick-off press convention on Wednesday, and he seemingly doesn’t anticipate him to have all that trimmed off by the point they meet subsequent month on the Keith Thurman vs. Tim Tszyu card.
The oddsmakers nonetheless have Cruz as the favourite and little doubt they observed how Rolly earned his WBA title final Might after a foul name from referee Tony Weeks stopping the struggle within the ninth spherical regardless of Rolando lacking a flurry of photographs.
Fearless Fighter?
“He’s not scared. Mexicans don’t get scared. They arrive to struggle to the demise,” mentioned Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero to Snowqueenla when requested what he noticed within the eyes of Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz of their first face-off on the kickoff press convention on Wednesday for his or her co-feature struggle on March thirtieth on Amazon Prime PPV in Las Vegas.
“He’s just a little fats proper now, just a little pet,” Rolly mentioned about Pitbull Cruz. “I can’t wait to hit to the physique. This can be a far more tough struggle.”
It could be dangerous for Rolly to concentrate on throwing to the physique as a result of Pitbull is superb at throwing brief combos to the heads of their opponents.
Working Turkey vs. Preventing Pitbull:
We will’t even examine the 2,” mentioned Rolando when requested to match the struggle with Cruz for a match that he had hoped to make towards Ryan Garcia.
“Ryan Garcia will run like a turkey. Pitbull Cruz will come to struggle. We nonetheless obtained one other press convention,” mentioned Rolly when it was identified that he didn’t do a lot speaking through the press convention.
Selective Silence and Language Barrier?
“It’s sort of like everyone else didn’t ask questions. So, there wasn’t an excessive amount of we might have actually talked about. It’s sort of like speaking to a rock,” mentioned Rolly on why he didn’t communicate to Cruz in Spanish.
“The struggle we’re promoting is in English. The PPV is in English. I obtained to promote it in English. I’m not going to promote in Spanish,” mentioned Rolly.
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