Rolly Romero shocks Ryan Garcia, throws Haney rematch plans into doubt

Rolly Romero not only scored a huge upset win over Ryan Garcia tonight, but he did it in a fashion that would have been least expected, earning the win via unanimous decision over 12 rounds.Judges scored the fight 115-112, 115-112, and 118-109 for Romero, and the win for Rolly will put some serious doubt on the anticipated rematch between Garcia and Devin Haney, who did win but did not look good on the undercard.
If Romero (17-2, 13 KO) was thought to have any real shot at the upset tonight, it would have been because of his power, which we did see flashed in the second round when he dropped Garcia (24-2, 21 KO) on a left hook.
But from there, Romero simply boxed conservatively — very conservatively, in fact, as he and Garcia combined to throw a reported third-lowest total of punches in a 12-round fight in CompuBox’s long history of tracking those numbers. That was enough to hold off Garcia, who never really looked like himself, didn’t really show any of his speed or explosiveness, and had clearly the worst night of his professional career.