{"id":595941,"date":"2026-05-21T09:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/595941\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:48:09","slug":"shakhram-giyasov-says-rolly-romero-is-avoiding-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/595941\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakhram Giyasov Says Rolly Romero Is Avoiding Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shakhram Giyasov believes Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero has spent the last seven months avoiding a fight with him after the WBA ordered the welterweight title bout in October.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of continuing to wait on Romero, Giyasov will fight Jack Catterall for the WBA \u2018regular\u2019 welterweight belt this Saturday, May 23, in Egypt. Romero has not fought since defeating Ryan Garcia last year to capture the WBA welterweight title, and never moved forward with the ordered defense against Giyasov.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add EBoxing News 24as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is this? I don\u2019t know him,\u201d said Giyasov to The Ring when asked about Rolly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you win on Saturday, do you think he\u2019ll still not want to fight you?\u201d said an interviewer to Giyasov.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. I think he\u2019s scared of me,\u201d said Giyasov.<\/p>\n<p>The unbeaten Uzbek contender has steadily climbed the rankings for years but has struggled to secure marquee fights at 147. His bout with Catterall gives him a chance to finally leave the mandatory position behind and pick up a secondary version of the WBA title.<\/p>\n<p>Catterall moved up to welterweight earlier this year after competing for most of his career at 140 pounds. The fight is part of Saturday\u2019s card in Cairo headlined by Oleksandr Usyk against Rico Verhoeven.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of Giyasov-Catterall could move closer to a future clash with Romero if the WBA eventually pushes for the titles to be consolidated.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI think he\u2019s scared of me!\u201d \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>Shakhram Giyasov, who fights for the WBA \u2018regular\u2019 belt this Saturday, believes WBA welterweight champion Rolly Romero is ducking him \u2757\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Glory in Giza | May 23rd | <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"DAZN\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/go\/dazn-3\/\" data-shortcode=\"true\">LIVE on DAZN<\/a> \ud83e\udd4a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fMwHZNpomd\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/fMwHZNpomd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringmagazine\/status\/2057265232171458740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 21, 2026<\/a><\/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 rising prospects, giving fans a sharp, knowledgeable view of the global boxing scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews24.substack.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to subscribe to our FREE newsletter<\/a>Related Boxing News:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tCategories <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/boxer\/boxing\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Latest<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/boxer\/boxing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> \u00bb Shakhram Giyasov Says Rolly Romero Is Avoiding Him<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated on 2026\/05\/21 at 12:12 AM \t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shakhram Giyasov believes Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero has spent the last seven months avoiding a fight with him after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-595941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595941","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=595941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}