Ryan Garcia is set to make his return to the ring against Rolando "Rolly" Romero on Friday, May 2, 2025, in a high-profile event titled "Fatal Fury: Times Square," taking place in New York City.
This bout marks Garcia's comeback following a one-year suspension due to a failed drug test after his April 2024 fight against Devin Haney, which was subsequently ruled a no contest.
Here is everything you need to know ahead of Ryan Garcia vs Rolly Romero.
When is Ryan Garcia vs Rolly Romero?
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- Date: Friday, May 2
- Time: 2am BST / 9pm ET / 6pm PT
What has been said?
“I’m happy this fight is finally happening because we get to find out what would happen in a real fight,” Garcia would say.
Both Garcia and Romero would go back and forth for a while before getting into an argument about who’s looked worse in their recent outings.
“I looked like sh-t but you got knocked out looking for Easter eggs with Isaac Cruz,” Garcia exclaimed. “You didn’t even know where you were at after the fight, he beat you that bad.”
A short while later the segment would hit its crescendo when Garcia questioned Romero’s resume — something Romero would get a little defensive about.
“I fought f-ckin’ punchers, bro” Romero said about his past opponents. “I fought a bunch of punchers.”
“Who?” Garcia asked.
“Barroso is a f-ckin crazy puncher,” Romero responded.
“Who?! The one that was on his way to beat you? The old man? The grandpa?!” Garcia questioned.
“So what, he was a f-ckin hard fight,” Romero said.
“Everybody knows it was a f-cked up [stoppage]. Everybody knows that. You were losing to him, you got dropped, but maybe he does hit hard,” Garcia replied.
“He f-ckin’ punches hard as sh-t,” Romero would say, prompting Garcia to bust out laughing.
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