Rolly Romero most likely isn’t one of the best fighter on the Tim Tszyu-Sebastian Fundora pay-per-view card Saturday at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas. However he’s probably the most amusing.
The 140-pound titleholder has been strolling round with a determine on a sequence that depicts his opponent, Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, as a chihuahua. Intelligent technique to promote the primary present on Amazon Prime and get beneath his foe’s pores and skin, though Cruz doesn’t appear all that bothered.
And Romero is incapable of conserving his mouth shut, which annoys some individuals however will get him a whole lot of consideration. That was on full show Thursday on the closing information convention earlier than the cardboard on Saturday.
Cruz gave his opening remarks instantly earlier than Romero did, saying, “To this loudmouth over right here, I’m right here to close his mouth and take the belt. So prepare.”
Then Romero made it clear the place Cruz was coming from, insulting his challenger in his first feedback.
“Everybody thinks that is going to be a tough combat however I believe it’s a very simple combat. He’s going to run into one thing as a result of he’s silly,” mentioned Romero, who appeared to take nice satisfaction from his personal pointed remarks.
That jab undoubtedly made lots of people chuckle due to its boldness, though Cruz wasn’t one in every of them. The usually soft-spoken Mexican didn’t hesitate to fireside again with a warning.
“If he thinks I’m silly, he’s even stupider,” Cruz mentioned by a translator. “What does he suppose? That I’ve bandages round my eyes and I’ve my fingers tied? If he thinks I’m simply going to put down, he’s very, very mistaken. And he’s going to appreciate it on Saturday night time.”
Romero (15-1, 13 KOs) additionally had some severe, extra analytical moments on the information convention.
Cruz (25-2-1, 17 KOs) acknowledged that he doesn’t plan to deviate from his seek-and-destroy type of preventing, which has overwhelmed most of his opponents and even troubled pound-for-pounder Gervonta Davis is a detailed loss.
Romero responded by saying, in so many phrases, that Cruz is predictable.
“He’ll come over there and throw and throw and throw and throw. He does the identical s— time and again,” mentioned Romero, the implication being that it’s not tough to beat an opponent when you realize his each transfer.
After all, we’ll see whether or not there’s any substance behind Romero’s feedback or whether or not he’ll say something to promote the combat and himself, in addition to attempt to get beneath his opponent’s pores and skin.
The jury continues to be out on how good Romero is within the ring. He has already proved that he’s efficient out of it.
