Ryan Garcia has enrolled in VADA for drug testing earlier than his Might 2nd warm-up battle towards Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero at Instances Sq. in New York Metropolis.
Lance Pugmire reviews that Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) has signed up for VADA to set the wheels in movement for his three-fight cope with Turki Al-Sheikh. This may make Devin Haney and his dad, Invoice Haney, joyful. After all, Devin will not be round to battle Ryan if he will get destroyed by Jose Ramirez on Might 2nd.
Dev has been given an undercard slot on Turki’s Garcia vs. Rolly occasion. That’s received to be a troublesome tablet for Devin Haney to swallow, dropping his place of honor as a headliner and being demoted to the undercard. If Haney loses to Jose Ramirez, he may fall even additional than co-feature. It might worsen.
Charity Combat?
The plan is for Kingry to face the just lately knocked out Rolly (16-2, 13 KOs) in what Garcia calls a “Charity’ case, then doubtlessly face Devin Haney in a rematch in October. The third battle for Ryan may come towards Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis in February 2026.
Combating Rolly is an awfully poor matchup for Kingry, as he’s dealing with a man who was knocked out within the eighth spherical by Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz final 12 months on March thirtieth. Garcia needed to battle Pitbull, however the just lately crushed former WBA mild welterweight champion reportedly didn’t need to negotiate a battle earlier than his February 1st conflict towards Angel Fierro on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Rolly Romero was clearly chosen as Ryan Garcia’s backup as a result of the boxing public is conversant in him from his fights towards Gervonta Davis, Ismael Barroso, and Pitbull Cruz. Nonetheless, Rolly is a low-quality opponent for Ryan, and there are numerous fighters at 140 with extra expertise however much less title recognition.
You would blindly decide from anybody within the mild welterweight high 15 and wind up with a much better selection for Garcia to battle than Rolly Romero. I’d fairly watch Garcia threat taking a loss by combating one of many younger weapons than see him destroy Rolly in the principle occasion of a PPV card.
Mercado Too Dangerous
The Matchroom-promoted younger expertise, Ernesto Mercado (17-0, 16 KOs), can be very best to make use of as Ryan’s opponent, however he can be too harmful. Mercado appears to be like like he might be the subsequent star for the 140-lb division. He’s going to be averted by all people.
