{"id":198315,"date":"2025-10-14T01:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/198315\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T01:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:11:07","slug":"a-fight-fueled-by-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/198315\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fight Fueled By Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the WBA ordered welterweight champion Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero to begin negotiating with his mandatory challenger, Shakhram Giyasov, for a title defense. They have until November 13 to negotiate a deal before a purse bid. That\u2019s not going to make Rolly and Manny Pacquiao happy.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao Title Shot in Jeopardy<\/p>\n<p>The WBA\u2019s order puts Rolly\u2019s planned January 24, 2026, fight against Manny Pacquio on shaky ground for having the title at stake. Fans of Pacquiao (62-8-3, 39 KOs) were looking forward to seeing him fight Rolly (17-2, 13 KOs) for his WBA title. They\u2019re rooting for Pacquiao to win a world title at 47 against a vulnerable champion.<\/p>\n<p>The fight can still happen, but without Rolly\u2019s WBA title at stake. He\u2019ll have to vacate his title because his mandatory has now been ordered against the Matchroom-promoted Giyasov.<\/p>\n<p>A Father\u2019s Promise to His Late Daughter<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Giyasov revealed that he\u2019d promised his dying 2-year-old daughter that he would win a world title. For him to be bypassed in favor of an older fighter, Pacquiao, who doesn\u2019t deserve a world title shot, would be a shame. How could Pacquiao even take the fight knowing Giyasov\u2019s situation?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI promised her I will be world champion! It\u2019s a fight for my daughter \u2013 I promised for my daughter I would be a world champion. She believed me, I did it,\u201d said Giyasov to DAZN about a promise he\u2019d made to his dying 2-year-old daughter before she passed away in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tl\">WBA Orders Romero vs. Giyasov<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PUDT20gtg5\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/PUDT20gtg5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WBA Boxing (@WBABoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBABoxing\/status\/1977835892556583115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao Could Wait for the Winner<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be the end of the world for Pacquiao to wait until after Giyasov gets his title shot against Rolly. If the whole point in Filipino star to fight for a world title is to capture a title at 47, he can try and accomplish that against the winner of the Romero-Giyasov fight.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it would be a lot harder for Pacquiao to defeat Giyasov because the 2016 Olympic silver medalist would be a nightmare for the older fighter. Rolly\u2019s chances of beating Giyasov are slim. That fight is a mismatch on paper, which is why Romero isn\u2019t eager to fulfill his mandatory obligation. Giyasov is bad news for him.<\/p>\n<p>If Giyasov did agree to a step aside, it\u2019s predictable that the Pacquiao-Rolly winner would do the same thing for their next fight. Why would either of these fighters want to face Giyasov when their chances of winning would be slim, and they\u2019d make less money than fighting a more popular fighter like Ryan Garcia, Conor Benn, or Devin Haney?<\/p>\n<p>For the WBA 147-lb belt to be at stake, a likely seven-figure step-aside payment would need to be made to #1 Giyasov to get him to move aside. The problem is, Giyasov already agreed to a step aside deal earlier this year in April to allow then WBA champion Eimantas Stanionis to fight IBF champion Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis in a unification clash.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Ennis defeated Stanionis to capture his WBA title, he vacated the belt. The WBA allowed Rolly Romero and Ryan Garcia to fight for the vacant title instead of Giyasov. So, he was bypassed for a second time. If he agrees to a step-aside deal, it would be the third time he\u2019s failed to get a title shot.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Woods has been a senior writer at Boxing News 24 since 2013, covering the sport from every angle. With years of ringside reporting, he delivers fight news, results, and analysis that cut through the noise. Ken\u2019s work consistently spotlights champions, contenders, and prospects, giving fans a sharp, knowledgeable view of the global boxing scene.<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Rolly vs. Giyasov Mandated by WBA: Third Time\u2019s the Charm for Giyasov After Emotional Promise to Late Daughter<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated on 10\/13\/2025 \t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, the WBA ordered welterweight champion Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero to begin negotiating with his mandatory challenger, Shakhram Giyasov,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[50987,2560,19787,18059,6573,86309,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-198315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-atlantic-city","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-fight-night","11":"tag-mark-robinson","12":"tag-matchroom-boxing","13":"tag-shakhram-giyasov","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}