Rolly Romero defends his WBA welterweight world title against two-weight world champion, Teofimo Lopez in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Romero (17-2, 13 KOs) clashes with Lopez (22-2, 13 KOs) at the T-Mobile Arena.
Romero produced a career-best performance to capture the WBA ‘regular’ belt at Times Square last May, dropping Ryan Garcia in the second round, before seeing off his compatriot with a comprehensive points win.
The Las Vegas man, who previously held the WBA belt at 140 pounds, recorded a second straight victory since defeat to Isaac Cruz in 2024 and was elevated to WBA ’super’ welterweight titlist in May.
Lopez, a former champion at lightweight and super lightweight, campaigns for the first time at 147 pounds.
‘The Takeover’ shipped his WBO super lightweight title after three defences in a unanimous decision reverse to Shakur Stevenson in January.
The 29-year-old suffered the second defeat of his professional career and had been unbeaten since a shock loss to George Kambosos Jr in 2021.
Romero vs Lopez – Date, Venue, Start Time and Ring Walks
- The pair will fight on Saturday August 22nd, live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, USA
- The broadcast will begin at 6.30pm ET/3.30pm PT/11.30pm BST
- The main event will begin at approximately 11pm ET/8pm PT/4am BST
Romero vs Lopez – How To Watch
- The card is available to watch live worldwide on DAZN and Amazon Prime on pay-per-view for £24.99/$79.99
- The card is also available to watch through purchasing DAZN Ultimate Tier, which includes a minimum of 12 PPVs a year for £24.99/$49.99 per month
Romero vs Lopez – Last Three Fights
Rolly Romero
- Rolly Romero bt Ryan Garcia – Unanimous Decision
- Rolly Romero bt Manuel Jaimes – Unanimous Decision
- Isaac Cruz bt Rolly Romero – 8th round TKO
Teofimo Lopez
- Shakur Stevenson bt Teofimo Lopez – Unanimous Decision
- Teofimo Lopez bt Arnold Barboza Jr – Unanimous Decision
- Teofimo Lopez bt Steve Claggett – Unanimous Decision
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Undercard
- Yoenli Hernandez (10-0, 9 KOs) vs Francisco Daniel Veron (17-1-1, 10 KOs) – middleweight (10 rounds)
- Victor Santillan (16-2, 7 KOs) vs Gary Antonio Russell (21-1, 13 KOs) – WBA interim super bantamweight title (12 rounds)
- Carlos Utria (14-0, 11 KOs) vs Israel Mercado (13-1-2, 7 KOs) – super lightweight (10 rounds)
- Marco Romero (14-0, 12 KOs) vs Kahlil Mitchell (6-1, 4 KOs) – middleweight (6 rounds)
- Benjamin Johnson (7-0, 7 KOs) vs Jose Gabriel Rodriguez (4-3-1, 3 KOs) – welterweight (6 rounds)
- Joseph Brown (7-0, 5 KOs) vs TBA – super welterweight (6 rounds)
- Jordan Roach (8-0, 3 KOs) vs TBA – super flyweight (6 rounds)
- Aldo Blancas (2-0, 2 KOs) vs Ricky Mamone (0-0-1) – super lightweight (4 rounds)
