Garcia vs Romero

Who won Garcia vs Romero?

Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero beat Ryan Garcia by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Friday, May 2nd, 2025, at Times Square, New York.

The scorecards were announced as 115-112, 118-109, 115-112 in favor of winner Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 kg).

This contest was for the WBA welterweight championship of the world.

Romero was defending his his WBA World Welterweight Championship for the first time. He won this belt against Ryan Garcia in May 2025. He had held this belt for 12 days.

Also on the undercard Devin Haney was victorious over Jose Carlos Ramirez, and Teofimo Lopez beat Arnold Barboza Jr for the WBO World Junior Welterweight belt.

Garcia vs Romero stats

Ryan Garcia stepped into the ring with a record of 24 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero made his way to the ring with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 13 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Garcia had a slight advantage in power over Romero, with a 83% knockout percentage compared to Romero's 81%.

Ryan Garcia was the younger man by 3 years, at 26 years old.

Garcia had a height advantage of 2 inches over Romero. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Ryan Garcia and Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero fought out of an orthodox stance.

Garcia was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 5 months earlier than Romero, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, totaling 124 compared to Romero's 96.

Ryan Garcia went into the fight ranked number 3 by the WBA at welterweight.

Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero was ranked number 2 by the WBA in the 147lb division.

Garcia vs Romero form

Garcia had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, his contest against Devin Haney on April 20, 2024 ended in a no contest at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Prior to that, he had won against Oscar Duarte on December 2, 2023, by knockout in the 8th round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis on April 22, 2023, by knockout in the 7th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Javier Fortuna on July 16, 2022, by knockout in the 6th round at Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles.

He had defeated Emmanuel Tagoe on April 9, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Alamodome, San Antonio.

Romero had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Manuel Jaimes on September 14, 2024, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had lost to Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz on March 30, 2024, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ismael Barroso on May 13, 2023, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis on May 28, 2022, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBA World Lightweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York.

He had defeated Anthony Yigit on July 17, 2021, by technical knockout in the 7th round at AT&T Center, Texas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Ryan Garcia had been fighting more than Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero.

Going into this contest, Ryan Garcia had last fought 1 year and 12 days ago, while Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero's last outing had been 7 months and 18 days ago.

Garcia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 23 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.

Romero's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

What time did Garcia vs Romero start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at Times Square, New York, United States, which was around 1:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Garcia vs Romero?

The DAZN PPV show began at 5:30 PM EST / 2:30 PM PST. The DAZN PPV UK broadcast of the card started at 10:30 PM (BST).

What were the odds on Garcia vs Romero?

Ryan Garcia was a 1/10 (-1000) favorite going into the contest, while Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero made his way into the ring at 7/1 (+700) with oddsmakers.