On March 30, 2024, the 28-year-old WBA super-lightweight world champion, Rolando Romero (15-1, 13 KOs), faced a 25-year-old Mexican boxer Isaac Cruz (25-2-1, 17 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Romero came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 17 days. Cruz was on a 3-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 1 day.
Isaac Cruz stopped the champion via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA super-lightweight champion. Cruz improves his record to 26-2-1 (18 KOs), while Romero adds a loss to his record at 15-2.
On May 28, 2022, a 26-year-old Rolando Romero (14-0, 12 KOs) got a shot at the lightweight WBA (Regular) title held by 27-year-old Gervonta Davis (26-0, 24 KOs).
Romero came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 11 days. Davis was on a 26-fight win streak with a 92% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 23 days.
Gervonta Davis stopped Rolando Romero via KO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) lightweight title. Davis improves his record to 27-0 (25 KOs), while Romero adds a loss to his record at 14-1.