Is Rolly Romero a good boxer when you compare him to great world champions in welterweight boxing history. Let’s look at the facts.
Romero is a world champion in this current particular era of professional boxing.
He is also part of the new generation breaking through as well but in the days of Hagler, Leonard, Hearns, Duran and before that Ray Robinson and others they were fighting more regularly often.
Often against the best opponents and other champions literally every fight they had available to them at the time.
12 reasons why Rolly Romero is not on the level of welterweight greats (Robinson, Leonard, Hearns, Duran, Hagler, etc.):
- Only 19 pro fights — legends had 50–200+.
- Just one recent title with almost no defenses.
- Already has 2 losses early in his career.
- Very weak strength of schedule.
- Crude, wild technique with poor footwork.
- Limited boxing IQ and defense.
- Relies mostly on power, not skill.
- No wins over all-time greats.
- No undisputed or lineal titles.
- No multi-division dominance.
- Lacks elite fundamentals and jab consistently.
- No longevity or proven adaptability yet.
You put Romero in against Leonard or Hagler and he gets flattened fast enough.
The same can be said for other welterweights in this era near the highest level.
Ultimately he exists as a champion in a weak era for welterweights compared to all-time greats in the past.
But it is the era we have today and he needs to compete against the other main champions moving forward to prove himself.
The Devin Haney fight for Rolly Romero is a good one if it can happen at some point.
