Rolly Romero-Teofimo Lopez Fight Set For Later In Summer

Two-division champions Rolly Romero and Teofimo Lopez will, in fact, meet when they clash for Romero's WBA welterweight title August 22nd at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV.

That's according to a report by BoxingScene.com Tuesday. They further relayed that the bout will headline a joint pay-per-view distributed by Amazon Prime Video and DAZN streaming.

The title fight has been rumored for weeks with both fighters hinting at it in interviews and on social media.

The Las Vegas native Romero, 17-2, 13 KOs, will be making the first defense of the WBA welterweight title he captured with a decisive decision victory over Ryan Garcia in the main event of the May 2025 Times Square card put on by Turki Alashikh and Ring Magzine in New York's Times Square.

That night he dropped Garcia early in the fight and was the busier and more effective fighter over the 12 rounds to claim the unanimous decision win, the biggest of his career.

Romero is looking to build on the massive victory after previously falling short in his first junior welterweight title defense, suffering a TKO loss to Mexico's Isaac "Pitbull" Cruz in the co-main event of Tim Tszyu's March 2024 PPV title fight against Sebastian Fundora.

The veteran Romero also previously was brutally kayoed by Gervonta "Tank" Davis with a single shot in a May 2022 PPV event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Back to the May Times Square show a year ago- Lopez, 22-2, 13 KOs, outpointed Arnold Barboza defending his WBO 140 lb. title in the co-feature. However, he enters the matchup following a decisive unanimous decision loss to four-division champion Shakur Stevenson on another Alashikh/Ring PPV back on January 31st. That cost him the WBO junior welterweight belt.

It's further dubious that Lopez hasn't ever fought at welterweight, is coming off the loss, and yet, is still being given top billing by the WBO for a title shot in his next fight without having to win a 147 lb. clash in the interim.

Still, he has name recognition, as the 28 year old Lopez's biggest win of his career was an upset of future hall of famer Vasily Lomachenko by decision in October 2020 in Las Vegas  to capture three of the lightweight world tittles.

He also scored a win over Scottish WBO junior welterweight champ Josh Taylor later in  June of 2023, which garnered him a world title in a second weight class. Lopez had defended that title three total times before the Stevenson loss early in 2026.