Promoter Oscar De La Hoya predicts a fourth-round annihilation victory for Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz (25-2-1, 17 KOs) in his title combat towards WBA gentle welterweight champion Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero on March thirtieth on Amazon Prime PPV on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
“Rolly Doesn’t Deserve This”
De La Hoya provides Rolly (15-1, 13 KOs) a smidge of credit score for getting this far and touchdown the combat towards Pitbull Cruz, however he nonetheless sees him getting worn out on this combat. As Oscar factors out, Cruz is a “Actual fighter,” whereas Rolly is a circus-level “Clown” and “doesn’t deserve” this combat.
Rolly captured the vacant WBA 140-lb title final July when the referee Tony Weeks all of a sudden stopped his combat towards Ismael Barroso within the ninth spherical for no obvious purpose. It was bizarre. In different phrases, Rolly lucked into his WBA title with the referee-assisted miracle.
Rolly didn’t land any punches within the remaining sequence, however Weeks mistakenly thought he was connecting, so he stopped the combat and raised his hand in victory. Earlier than that, Rolly was dropping to Barroso and getting dominated by the 40-year-old.
“Rolly-Pitbull, my hat off to Rolly as a result of he’s like somewhat clown,” stated promoter Oscar De La Hoya to the media when requested about his ideas on the March thirtieth combat between WBA gentle welterweight champion Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero and Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz on Amazon Prime PPV in Las Vegas.
The Pitbull Unleashed: Fourth Spherical KO Incoming
“Getting himself on this place is good; it truly is as a result of he doesn’t deserve it. It’s good that he’s getting this combat. Yeah, he’s going to get knocked out by Pitbull. In fact, Pitbull is a beast; he’s an animal. No, the load gained’t make a distinction. Pitbull, he’s relentless. Rolly will likely be on his bike like he was towards Barroso, making an attempt to not get hit.
De La Hoya isn’t a fan of Rolly’s goofy fashion together with his haymakers and rudimentary expertise. Not surprisingly, he doesn’t see him lasting lengthy towards Cruz.
“Rolly is awkward, he doesn’t actually have expertise in boxing like an actual fighter. He has energy. he throws all these broad, lunging punches, however that’s not going to do it towards Pitbull. He’s an actual fighter, he’s a critical actual fighter. Fourth spherical,” stated De La Hoya when requested about what spherical he visualizes Pitbull Cruz knocking out Rolly.
