Rolando Romero
Career, Record, Stats
Rolando Romero (Rolly) is a 28-year-old American professional boxer. He is a former super-lightweight world champion. 7 years, 9 months, and 17 days into his career, Romero's record stands at 16-2, which includes 13 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
Rolando Romero's Boxing Career
Rolando Romero was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on October 14, 1995. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on December 2, 2016 against David Courtney. Romero defeated Courtney via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Romero got his first shot at a world title at the age of 26 after 14 professional fights. On May 28, 2022 Romero challenged Gervonta Davis' WBA (Regular) lightweight title but lost via 6th round KO.
In his next fight, he got another shot at the lightweight WBA title — this time against Ismael Barroso. He defeated Barroso via 6th round KO, winning his first world title.
Romero's latest fight was a unanimous decision victory over Manuel Jaimes at age 28, on September 14, 2024.
Some of Rolando Romero's best fights so far have been against Jackson Marinez, Ismael Barroso, Anthony Yigit, and Manuel Jaimes. For a complete list of Romero's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Rolando Romero".
Romero has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Rolando Romero Losses".
Rolando Romero's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 | Sep 14, 2024 | 28 | 
Manuel Jaimes 24 16-1-1  | win | UD 10 |
17 | Mar 30, 2024 | 28 | 
Isaac Cruz 25 25-2-1 | loss | TKO 8 |
16 | May 13, 2023 | 27 | 
Ismael Barroso 40 24-3-2 | win | TKO 9 |
15 | May 28, 2022 | 26 | 
Gervonta Davis 27 26-0 | loss | KO 6 |
14 | Jul 17, 2021 | 25 | 
Anthony Yigit 29 24-1-1 | win | TKO 7 |
13 | Jan 23, 2021 | 25 |  Avery Sparrow | win | TKO 7 |
12 | Aug 15, 2020 | 24 | 
Jackson Marinez 29 19-0 | win | UD 12 |
11 | Feb 22, 2020 | 24 | Arturs Ahmetovs | win | TKO 2 |
10 | Nov 01, 2019 | 24 | Juan Carlos Cordones | win | KO 1 |
9 | Apr 20, 2019 | 23 | Andres Figueroa | win | KO 4 |
8 | Mar 09, 2019 | 23 | Nicolas Atilio Velazquez | win | KO 1 |
7 | Dec 07, 2018 | 23 | Rondale Hubbert | win | TKO 2 |
6 | Oct 27, 2018 | 23 | Dieumerci Nzau | win | KO 1 |
5 | Aug 03, 2018 | 22 | Javier Martinez | win | UD 6 |
4 | Jan 27, 2018 | 22 | Alex Silva | win | TKO 1 |
3 | Oct 21, 2017 | 22 | Johnny Estrada | win | KO 2 |
2 | May 20, 2017 | 21 | Adrian Levya | win | TKO 4 |
1 | Dec 02, 2016 | 21 | David Courtney | win | TKO 1 |