Photos: Ryan Garcia vs Rolando Romero Fight Week faceoff at Empire State Building

Ryan Garcia and Rolando Romero went face-to-face for the primary time throughout Battle Week on Monday on the Empire State Constructing in New York. The welterweight contenders strategy their primary occasion bout going down at Occasions Sq. on Might 2.

Garcia (24-1, 1 NC) of Victorville, CA steps by way of the ropes for the primary time since his battle with Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs, 1 NC) final April in Brooklyn. Las Vegas’ former WBA tremendous light-weight champion “Rolly” Romero (16-2, 13 KOs) targets his second straight victory since dropping his title to Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz final March.

The primary Battle Week face-off additionally featured different fighters battling it out on the night time. San Francisco’s former two-weight champion Haney returns to the ring in a welterweight bout towards former unified 140-pound champion Jose Ramirez (29-2, 18 KOs) of Hanford, CA.

Plus, Brooklyn’s two-division champion Teofimo Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) and Arnold Barboza Jr. (32-0, 11 KOs) of Lengthy Seaside, CA sq. off in a world championship bout. Lopez places his WBO tremendous light-weight title is on the road. Unbeaten interim WBO 140-pound champion Barboza Jr. seems to be to say the complete belt.

The Garcia vs Romero preliminary motion sees Chicago’s Levale Whittington (1-2-1, 1 KO) up towards Reito Tsutsumi of Japan. The latter makes his professional boxing debut. The pair meet at featherweight.