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Rolly Romero & Teofimo Lopez Set For Welterweight
Championship Clash In Las Vegas On Aug. 22
Two of this generation’s most compelling stars, WBA
Welterweight World Champion Rolly Romero and two-division
champion Teofimo Lopez, will go toe-to-toe in a high-octane
summer showdown Saturday, August 22 in a PBC Pay-Per-View
event available on DAZN and Prime Video from T-Mobile Arena
in Las Vegas.
Romero and Lopez, two world class fighters meeting in their
prime, each enter with extensive experience at the sport’s
highest level, along with a fondness for engaging pre-fight
build-up that should make this one of summer’s
most-discussed matchups.
The unorthodox power-puncher known as “Rolly” will make the
first defense of his 147-pound world title after earning the
belt by dropping current WBC welterweight champion Ryan
Garcia on his way to a unanimous decision. He’ll be looking
to add another elite fighter to his resume in the former
unified 135-pound king and WBO 140-pound champion Lopez, who
will debut at welterweight with a chance to become a
three-division world champion and return to his perch on
boxing’s pound-for-pound lists.
The event is promoted by TGB Promotions, in association with
Takeover Promotions.
**ROLLY ROMERO VS. TEOFIMO LOPEZ**
WBA Welterweight World Champion Rolly Romero will welcome
the hard-hitting two-division champion Teofimo Lopez to the
147-pound division in a high-stakes 12-round world
championship attraction.
Romero (17-2, 13 KOs) is known as one of the sport’s most
unique and enigmatic personalities, which he backs up with
power in both hands as well as an exciting, unique style
that makes him a must-see whenever he steps between the
ropes. The 30-year-old most recently earned a career-best
victory in May 2025, as he captured the Interim WBA
Welterweight Title with a unanimous decision over now WBC
Welterweight World Champion Ryan Garcia, before being
recently elevated. Romero not only completely neutralized
Garcia’s vaunted left hook, but was also able to put Garcia
on the canvas with a pair of vicious left hooks of his own
in round two.
The Las Vegas native first rose to the rank of world
champion in May 2023 stopping Ismael Barroso in round nine
to win the WBA Super Lightweight World Championship, before
relinquishing it in March against Mexican superstar Isaac
“Pitbull” Cruz. The Barroso fight was Romero’s first return
to the ring since a May 2022 defeat against three-division
champion Gervonta Davis. Prior to the Davis fight, the Las
Vegas resident Romero won an interim lightweight title in
August 2020 by earning a close but unanimous decision over
then unbeaten Jackson Marinez.
“Four kings? I’m a black knight that delivers a smothered
mate,” said Romero.
The 28-year-old Lopez (22-2, 13 KOs) has worked his way to
the top spot at 135 and 140 pounds throughout an already
storied career, and can begin to conquer another weight
class on August 22. Representing Brooklyn, New York and now
training in Las Vegas with his father, Teofimo Lopez Sr.,
the two-division champion reached elite status with a
hard-fought unanimous decision victory over Vasyl Lomachenko
in 2020. The triumph saw Lopez unify 135-pound titles and
establish himself as one of the next generation of boxing
stars, fulfilling the promise he showed representing
Honduras at the 2016 Olympics and throughout his undefeated
run up the lightweight rankings.
Following a split-decision defeat to George Kambosos that
saw both men hit the canvas, Lopez reinvented himself at 140
pounds, showing he was still amongst the sport’s best with
an impressive run that saw him capture the WBO 140-pound
crown over former undisputed champion Josh Taylor in 2023.
At super lightweight, Lopez bested impressive names
including Arnold Barboza Jr., Sandor Martin and Jamaine
Ortiz, with his only blemish coming in his last outing in
January, a decision loss to four-division champion Shakur
Stevenson.
“We don’t follow the game, we take over!” said Lopez. “That
what I intend to show against a person I’ve known since
2015. Rolando is aware of his choice of accepting this
fight, so without a doubt, this is a fight you do not want
to miss. What greater way to take over than to fight at the
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, where legends are born and
history is made!”
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