By: Sean Crose

After a year -round suspension for the forbidden substance in his system, both before and after the fight with Devin Haney in 2024, Ryan Garcia finally returned to the ring on Friday evening. His opponent was the robust and forthright Rolando Romero. The fight, planned for a half -weight of 12, was the main event of a strange card, which took place a little on Times. 16-2 Romero and Garcia 24-1 immediately started to trade Jabs in the first. Romero tried to work on the body, but it seemed that the higher Garcia won the chapter.

The double left hook suddenly sent a garcia to the mat in the second. Garcia got up quickly, but it was clear that he did not intend to move to an straightforward victory. The pace slightly slowed down in the third and the things remained close. Every man fought carefully on the fourth, although Garcia was able to land pristine, burning stabs. Romero was more vigorous from two fighters in the fifth. Romero focused on the body in the sixth. In the seventh round it was clear that Romero gave Garcia real trouble. Despite this, Garcia can largely thanks to his stab.

Both fighters remained cautious with the power of each other at the eighth, although Garcia was killed. Romero looked like he could be a more vigorous warrior in the ninth place. Until ten, it was long time ago that the fight was fighting at Romero’s pace. Even Garcia’s face betrayed the frustration. The eleventh was interrupted by edged body arrows with Romero. The twelfth and last round was surprising because Garcia did not seem particularly aggressive. The man was simply flawless. Fortunately, there were no judges of judges who rewarded Romero after the final bell unanimously winning.

Huge nervousness.

Up-to-date York – what was supposed to be an unforgettable event on Friday evening at the Times Square, ended in a forgotten, which lacked action and left unfulfilled boxing fans.

The plan was that Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney would win their fights and meet on a very anticipated rematch this year. Haney raised his end of the opportunity, although with a flawless decision, but Rolando “Rolly” Romero played the role of interference, causing great nervousness of Garcia by a unanimous decision (115-112, 115-112, 118-109) to limit the night fight.

In the main event, Garcia’s return to boxing after an annual suspension for the lack of a drug test after the fight with Haney was a disaster. Garcia (24-2, 1 NC) entered the fight as a -1000 favorite at the ESPN plant. However, he was not able to reflect his left hook trademark or install any significant crime in a 12-round affair.

Instead, Romero (17-2) appointed a tone early and dropped the garcia with his left hook in round 2. Although Garcia did not seem harmful, knocking down changed the struggle when he moved from the willing to be shy for the rest of the fight. It seemed that no warrior would be interested in letting go of his hands, with 123 blows landed by 490 blows. The output was the third lowest in the history of Compubox to the 12-round fight, even below 503 Haneya and Jose Ramirez’s strokes to throw a co-main party.

“He fought a good fight,” Garcia said later. “He caught me early. No excuses, man. Congratulations to him. He did a great job and that’s all.”

Garcia popped up after stabbing, but Romero was patient and kept his distance. It was a surprising performance of Romero, which was two fights removed by Isaac Cruz in 2024.

Meanwhile, Garcia could not shake the effects of early knocking out and spent the duration of the fight. He never found him and now he will have to return to the drawing board.

As for Romero, he can be the only person who wants to see the Garcii-Haney rematch, despite the creation of the winning Friday.

“I don’t even think about what will happen next,” said Romero. “I think Devin and Ryan should get a rematch and do a massive one.”

It was expected that Garcia and Romero would provide fireworks and make the Ring judges results unnecessary. Instead, the uninhabited effort of Garcia circumscribed the detached night of fighting on the background of Times Square, where a miniature group of invited fans gathered in a makeshift area, exposing the boxing ring. Outside, the pedestrians faced many detainees to see what was happening in the housing on several screens arranged outside.

Turki Al-Sheikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia at General Entertainment Authority, planned to organize a cult event, but the card will be remembered on a trio of fights that were not similar to the implementation of the promised action.

The main event took place after the equally unusual effort of Haney, who was released by an opponent who was simply pleased with him around the ring. It seemed that his fight against Garcia had an impact on Haney last year, when he was knocked down three times and lost his decision. The result was overthrown to the lack of insolence after Garcia obtained a positive result of the test for drugs increasing performance. Garcia was also in a 3.2 pound of a shrinking weight of 140 pounds for this fight.

Haney (32-0, 1 NC) apparently could not shake off the effects of the fight and was shy and reluctant to throw blows. However, Ramirez could not utilize. He followed Haney around the ring without a real sense of urgency. Fortunately for Haney, he was qualified enough to thwart the progress of Plodding Ramirez (29-3) in a snail-paced fight, which was mercilessly powerful in social media.

Of the 503 blows thrown into the fight, Haney landed 70 to 40 Ramireza.

Garcii-Haney’s rematch plans can still exist, because apparently the contract was signed before Friday evening at the start this year. However, due to how their fights took place, it will be captivating to check whether this fight materializes later this year, or whether Al-Sheikh will decide to go in a different direction for both warriors.

Devin Haney (32-0, 15 KO) did not impress his wide 12-round unanimous victorious decision on Jose Ramirez (32-3, 18 KO) in his fight on Saturday evening at Fatal Fury Card at Times Square in Recent York. The results are 119-109, 119-109 and 118-110.

Haney loved all night, casting a few shots and binding a tardy ram as he approached. There was almost no action because Devin did not intend to get up and fight. With Ramirez he is a type that needs a stationary opponent to land. Haney was too willing to oblige him.

Haney came to a fight, which requires victory to close the lucrative rematch with Ryan Garcia in October. He did his role with his victory over the ramist, but Turks Alalshikh must again consider his plans to do this. If Devin fights like tonight, it’s anger.