Devin Haney Takes His Hat Off to Rolly Romero for Showing Heart in Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz Fight

Most boxers know how to hit. But it takes a good boxer to understand what it takes to receive a hit. In his thirty-one outings, Devin Haney has yet to suffer a defeat. But it hadn’t been smooth sailing for the young 25-year-old world champion. He saw through some tough deals to reach the place where he stands today. Probably, that could be the reason why he is able to empathize with fellow division-mate Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero, who suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz last week.

The WBC light welterweight champion has been preparing hard for what could be the toughest test of his professional career thus far. On April 20, he will face Ryan Garcia at New York’s Barclays Center. Haney’s championship belt will be at stake. Unfortunately, ‘Rolly’ Romero had to part with his on Saturday, March 30. Marking his debut in the 140-pound division, the heavy-hitting Isaac Cruz knocked out Romero in the eighth round to become the new WBA light welterweight champion.

Devin Haney to Rolando Romero: Brotherhood of Gloves

So ‘The Dream’ was in conversation with Marcos Villegas. The Fight Hub TV founder asked for his thoughts on how Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz fared against Rolando. He also wanted to know what Haney felt about Romero’s knockout loss. “He looked good. Can’t, can’t, can’t, can’t, um, can’t say anything bad. He he fought a great fight; he did everything that uh that that he said he was going to do,” said the WBC light welterweight champion about the new WBA belt holder.

Then, moving on, Devin Haney said that Rolando Romero displayed resilience. Hence, one cannot refrain from paying respect to his fortitude. He said, “He showed you know resilience he he got hurt, kept fighting, got hurt again, kept fighting, um he he could have quit when they was asking him if he if he want to stop the fight; he said he wanted to keep fighting, so I take my hat off to him.”

The pre-fight events saw Romero shooting his mouth off, trash-talking the Mexican boxer. The latter reserved his talking for the ring. Eventually, as it turned out, a few took the opportunity to lambast Rolando Romero for becoming too big for his boots. However, as he spoke, Devin Haney proved that he can buck the trend. He can stand up for what he feels is right.

Don’t kick someone when they’re down

A back-and-forth erupted when a video of Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins went viral. Sharing the clip via an Instagram post, the duo seemingly couldn’t control themselves, laughing out loud over Romero’s defeat. De La Hoya wrote, “We just heard @rolliesss got stopped by a chihuahua LMAO.”

In response, Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather Promotions CEO, launched scathing criticisms of such attempts. Lambasting De La Hoya and Hopkins’ lack of decorum, he asked what would have happened if ‘Rolly’ had been grievously injured.

Every fighter who enters the ring is deserving of respect and a pat on the back. By displaying appreciation for a defeated colleague, Devin Haney has displayed class. Many more legions of fans will join him as he enters the ring in a fortnight to face ‘KingRy’.

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Do you also believe that fans and followers should let bygones be bygones and allow ‘Rolly’ time to recuperate and make a comeback?

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