Rolando Romero On Gervonta Davis Battle: “I Misplaced To A Higher Man”

By: Sean Crose

“I misplaced to the higher man that night time,” light-weight contender Rolando Romero says within the aftermath of his combat with Gervonta Davis. “I felt was doing job backing him up with my jab…I used to be successful the combat and I made a mistake and acquired caught. I’ll work onerous to get again to the highest with the objective to change into a champion. A lot respect to Tank and I want him nicely. The Rolly present should go on.” Romero misplaced through thunderous knockout to the person often called “Tank” final Saturday night time at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Heart. He gave the extremely regarded Davis an actual go, however Davis proved to be an excessive amount of, one thing Romero is now prepared to say outright.

As Romero says, nonetheless, he’s prepared to maneuver ahead, which is an clever determination since he did, in reality, give Davis bother all through their weekend bout. Huge, brash and onerous hitting, Romero is aware of find out how to be an efficient and entertaining boxer. He can have a brilliant future forward of him. What’s extra, Davis seems to be a particular fighter, certainly one of solely a handful to be present in a technology. Davis could not show to be all he seems to be, after all, however in the mean time the Baltimore native is a drive to be reckoned with. Both approach, there’s no disgrace in Romero having misplaced to Davis final Saturday.

“I’ll be able to get again within the ring as quickly as my identify is known as,” Romero continues. “I do know I acquired what it takes to be a world champion, and sooner then later, I’ll accomplish that objective. I made a reputation for myself and now I can get these huge fights with all the highest fighters within the division. Haney, Garcia, Kambosos, I need to combat all of them. In some unspecified time in the future, I’ll need my rematch with Tank, however I do know I’ll need to work my again to that place.”

Romero is correct, after all. He actually has to work onerous to have an opportunity to face Davis once more. The light-weight scene is thrilling and crowded proper now, although. As Romero signifies, there’s a number of huge names on the market. It could appear to be silly to write down the flashy Romero off. The game of boxing is just too unpredictable (in a great way) for the media or the general public to dismiss anybody fighter primarily based on a single loss, particularly when that loss comes on the gloved fingers of somebody like Tank Davis.