Outside of Romero catching Davis clean with a fight-changing punch, it's hard to see any way the fight doesn't play out with Davis hitting Romero clean early and often before finishing the fight with a brutal flurry. Davis is simply the far better fighter and his power is as good, if not better, than Romero's. Romero swings for the fences with nearly every punch, winding up and leaving big holes for return fire while also often finding himself off-balance in the process. Can Romero prove to be Ricardo Mayorga to Davis' Vernon Forrest? It's certainly possible but also highly unlikely.įor all of Romero's talk of Davis getting outboxed and hit clean by every opponent, Romero leaves the bigger openings defensively. Those fights tend to stick out in the memory far more because the much more common case of the better fighter simply outclassing their foe. You can dig through the history of boxing and find cases of crude brawlers who were a top-class fighter's kryptonite.
Real fighters know awkward fighters, he's just a dumb fighter." He's like someone who thinks he's nice now even though he hasn't gotten it down pat yet. "He's like someone who just came into the gym. I just think he's a guy who just started fighting," Davis said. His style is best described as "awkward," which is boxing speak for lacking technical proficiency but with enough power to usually cover for those technical deficiencies. Romero possesses plenty of his own power, having stopped 12 of his 14 opponents as a professional. While it was expected that Davis would move on from the fight with Cruz to target big-name fighters like Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney or undisputed lightweight king George Kambosos Jr., the bout with Romero was rebooked after no charges were filed against the 26-year-old when the allegations could not be substantiated. "He has one of the most padded records I have ever seen and people don't realize that."Ĭruz actually stepped into the Davis fight late in the process, filling in for Romero after sexual assault allegations surfaced. Yet, he beat the f- out of and you're talking to me about potentially outboxing Gervonta Davis? Shit. And the one person that had a f-ing pulse when they fought was 'Pitbull' Cruz and has no boxing ability, whatsoever. It's all smaller dudes and weight-drained opponents. "Everybody outboxes him and everybody punches him in the face. "Everybody talks about Gervonta but he's not even a good boxer," Romero told "Morning Kombat" ahead of the fight. Romero (14-0, 12 KO) has certainly talked the talk leading up to the fight, drawing on a history of bad blood to hype up the fight - and himself. Rolando "Rolly" Romero hopes his sky-high confidence will be enough to propel him to a sport-shaking upset over Gervonta "Tank" Davis in their clash for the secondary WBA lightweight title on Saturday night inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn ( 9 p.m. Confidence can be a fighter's best friend or worst enemy.
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