Rolando Romero Rules Out Devin Haney Fight After Failed Talks

The WBA welterweight champion says Haney’s team stopped responding after receiving a fight offer and contract proposal

Rolando Romero says he is no longer interested in fighting Devin Haney after negotiations between the two welterweight champions failed to produce a deal. Romero claims his team sent an offer and contract proposal before communication from Haney’s side stopped.

The 30-year-old Romero has not fought since his upset win over Ryan Garcia last May at Times Square in New York City. Romero dropped Garcia and controlled the action over 12 rounds to capture the WBA “regular” welterweight title before later being elevated to full champion after Jaron “Boots” Ennis vacated the belt.

Romero unloaded on Haney while discussing the failed negotiations during an interview today.

“I don’t want anything to do with Devin Haney ever again. He wasted my time. He said we sent him a great, lucrative offer and all that stuff after calling me out and saying I’m ducking,” said Rolly to Seconds Out.

“I just didn’t want to deal with them originally because, like I said, they are clowns and I knew that they were gonna do this.”

Romero also insisted his side made the first serious move to make the fight happen.

“I was like, ‘Oh yeah, all right, I’m ducking Devin. I don’t care,’” said Rolly. “But the second I put the pressure, boom, who sent the contract? Who sent the deal? Who sent the offer? We were going to do it on Prime. Who sent everything? Me.”

“You can play the big tough guy until you realize you ain’t the big tough guy no more, right? But Devin Haney knows he’s the most hyped-up boxer of this whole entire era.”

Haney has not publicly responded to Romero’s latest comments. The WBO welterweight champion has been linked to several possible opponents in recent weeks as he looks toward his next fight.

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