Rolly Romero claims everyone is ducking him – are they?

Rolly Romero claims the likes of Haney, Garcia, Pacman and more are ducking him in boxing. What is the story here?

Romero has had some solid wins in recent years but he appears to be all over the place away from boxing at times.

Sometimes his interviews make little sense at all.

The likes of Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia are both looking to get rights going soon — Garcia apparently will face Conor Benn in September.

Here’s some of what we know pertaining to Romero’s claims:

• WBA ordered Romero vs Giyasov on Feb 10, 2026 with 30-day negotiation period that expired with no deal.
• Romero’s side requested a step-aside fee of 800k USD from Giyasov’s team, which was rejected.
• Garcia rematch had a 60-40 PPV split favoring Garcia before Garcia withdrew to face Barrios instead.
• Romero’s camp sent a signed bout agreement to Haney on May 18, 2026 but no money was escrowed.
• Haney’s lawsuit vs Garcia is still active and his legal team advised against signing new contracts until July 2026.
• Conor Benn’s UK license appeal hearing is June 2026 making him unavailable despite Romero’s callout.
• Pacquiao’s team never received a formal offer from Romero, only social media mentions.
• Romero turned down Liam Paro in March 2026 for 1.2 million USD because it was not PPV.
• PBC has no 2026 dates left for Romero after his win, pushing him toward Matchroom or Top Rank.
• Romero’s inactivity violates WBA rule C.16 and he risks being declared champion in recess by August 2026.

As well — it’s important to note the world title organizations are continuing to become less relevant all the time.

As boxing continues to return to the masses spectators or more interested now in simply seeing the best fighters fight the best fighters and some of the old world title bodies are not always important to this.

The boxing audience, combat sports and UFC and MMA audiences continue to grow closer than ever and they all are tuning into boxing way more than ever — because largely — the fights are good nowadays — the matchmaking is good.

Rolly Romero was speaking directly to Devin Haney for a while as well on the X platform to try to make a fight with Haney directly.

This did not help him — he should have done that away from social media with their teams.

The Romero vs Haney fight collapsed for now but with Garcia apparently taking on Conor Benn next, maybe they will try to get Haney vs Romero going.

Who knows what fights Romero will be in next.