Photos: Ryan Garcia vs Rolando Romero Fight Week faceoff at Empire State Building

Ryan Garcia and Rolando Romero went face-to-face for the primary time throughout Combat Week on Monday on the Empire State Constructing in New York. The welterweight contenders strategy their major occasion bout going down at Instances Sq. on Could 2.

Garcia (24-1, 1 NC) of Victorville, CA steps by means of the ropes for the primary time since his combat with Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs, 1 NC) final April in Brooklyn. Las Vegas’ former WBA tremendous light-weight champion “Rolly” Romero (16-2, 13 KOs) targets his second straight victory since dropping his title to Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz final March.

The primary Combat Week face-off additionally featured different fighters battling it out on the night time. San Francisco’s former two-weight champion Haney returns to the ring in a welterweight bout towards former unified 140-pound champion Jose Ramirez (29-2, 18 KOs) of Hanford, CA.

Plus, Brooklyn’s two-division champion Teofimo Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) and Arnold Barboza Jr. (32-0, 11 KOs) of Lengthy Seashore, CA sq. off in a world championship bout. Lopez places his WBO tremendous light-weight title is on the road. Unbeaten interim WBO 140-pound champion Barboza Jr. appears to say the complete belt.

The Garcia vs Romero preliminary motion sees Chicago’s Levale Whittington (1-2-1, 1 KO) up towards Reito Tsutsumi of Japan. The latter makes his professional boxing debut. The pair meet at featherweight.