One of the more interesting fights that could have been made in the welterweight division has fallen through, and the WBA champion Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero told Fight Hub TV the details from his perspective in a new, no-holds-barred rant.<\/p>\n
Romero references a time in which the Haney\u2019s \u2014 both Devin, and his father\/manager Bill \u2014 were apparently content if not happy with an offer Romero, through his team, had sent to fight. But they walked that back at the final hour. <\/p>\n
For Rolly, this just means the Haney\u2019s were \u201clying the whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is proof, for Romero at least, that Haney is effectively ducking him. It\u2019s, he said, \u201cbecause Devin doesn\u2019t have a chin.\u201d He said: \u201cThey like to waste people\u2019s time \u2026 those guys are deceitful, they lie nonstop.\u201d<\/p>\n
Romero added: \u201cEverything that Devin and Bill touch gets shattered, every promotion company, because they cannot do anything, they cannot generate views, they cannot generate income for anybody and they know that. So they didn\u2019t want to bet on themselves because, well, they know they are not worth anything.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cI never want to hear them call me out again or bring me up or any of that stuff. It\u2019s dead. There\u2019s no ifs, ands, buts about it \u2014 it\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Rolando Romero on botched fight negotiations with Devin Haney<\/p>\n
Romero, who said he offered a 50\/50 split, continued: \u201cWe\u2019re putting up all the money, what more does he want?\u201d<\/p>\n
Together with the equal negotiations, perhaps because of Romero\u2019s championship status and Haney\u2019s name-value, Rolly said they even permitted their opponents to bring in whatever broadcast partner they wanted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would\u2019ve been Amazon and they could\u2019ve brought in DAZN,\u201d he said, \u201cwe gave them permission to bring on DAZN or whoever they want. It would\u2019ve been Amazon\/DAZN.\u201d<\/p>\n
That Haney has left the negotiation table is enough for Romero to feel like he is \u201cliterally the most avoided fighter in boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI\u2019ve had five mega fights duck me. Conor Benn ducked me as clear as day, we had the whole deal set up. Another one is Ryan [Garcia], who disappeared. And then the [Manny] Pacquiao stuff disappeared.<\/p>\n
\u201cPacquiao disappeared long before Floyd even came into the picture.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re all ducking me, every single one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n