Ryan Garcia vs Rolly Romero LIVE RESULTS: King Ry DROPPED in shock defeat as Haney and Lopez win at Times Square

Dora the Explorer

Teofimo Lopez was excellent in his win over Arnold Barboza Jr and while the futures of Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney and Rolly Ramirez are less clear, The Takeover only has one fight in his crosshairs.

"I feel great," he said., "I feel reborn.

"At 140... I been at this weight for some time now.

"But we’ll talk about, me and my team, about going up, maybe."

Moving to 147 would put him in striking distance of welterweight king Jaron 'Boots' Ennis, who holds the IBF and WBA crowns.

Lopez added: "You know me, guys, I go after the tough challenges.

"I’m Dora The Explorer, and I’m looking for Boots."

Rematch next?

After Ryan Garcia's defeat and a poor showing from Devin Haney, the appetite for a blockbuster rematch hit a couple of huge obstacles last night.

The first match was one of the best of 2024 and was mired in controversy, but fight fans may not want to see these two share a ring together after such poor performances.

However, contracts have already been signed for Volume II and Rolly Romero is one person who thinks Haney and Garcia should fight.

He said: "I think Devin and Ryan should get their rematch and make a big one."

Asked about his own immediate future, Romero was less clear and added: "Man, I ain’t even thinking about what’s next."

'He didn't open up'

Rolando Romero pulled off a huge upset win on Friday night, sending Ryan Garcia to the canvas in the second round with a beautiful left hook.

Rolly later said that the shot had Garcia scared the rest of the fight.

"The one time he opened up I cracked him and he didn't open up at all the rest of the fight," he said.

"They're always going to underestimate me because I'm not one of these prospects that started boxing, that had a following, all that stuff.

"They're fresh out of the amateurs, they've promoted them, 'Oh, this is the next big thing yada, yada, yada.'

"At the end of it, I've done this three times in three different divisions."

Haney and Ramirez stinker

Devin Haney and Jose Ramirez weren't just bad on the eye, they stunk up the stat sheet as well.

CompuBox has been recording fights for around 40 years and their stats show just how historically bad this fight was.

The two fighters landed a combined 110 punches, the FOURTH FEWEST ever in a 12-round fight.

Ramirez landed just 40 shots in the whole fight, with neither man finding their target more than eight times in a single round.

Hall of Fame commentator Jim Lampley said: "A whole year has gone by, and I think this is a hangover from the Ryan Garcia fight.

"He is flinching, he is still having nightmares about Garcia’s left hooks."

He later added: "If ever there was a fight capable of inducing a nap in Times Square, it would be this one."

For comparison, Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn landed a combined 582 punches in their war a week earlier - five times more.

'The judges are asleep'

The boxing world has not been kind to Devin Haney and Jose Ramirez - with their social media posts much more entertaining than the fight itself.

Conor Benn said: "The judges won't have a scorecard because [they're] all asleep."

Dillian Whyte wrote: "This Haney fight is trash, I can't believe I stayed up for this."

Jack Catterall added: "Tell you what, I get called boring but this makes me look like a prime Marvin Hagler."

And Dillon Danis: "Devin Haney really put the city that never sleeps to sleep."

Bad night for Oscar

It was a tough night for Oscar de la Hoya.

His fighters on the night - Ryan Garcia, Arnold Barboza Jr and Jose Ramirez - all lost as Golden Boy Promotions went 0-3.

Barboza and Ramirez have since been dragged for their performances, with both fighters really struggling to perform.

Conor Benn not impressed

Conor Benn flew out to New York City's Times Square to watch the massive bill as a fight with Ryan Garcia had been an option for the Brit.

Benn had previously expressed an interest in that fight.

But Benn, who lost his war with Chris Eubank Jr last week, was left extremely unimpressed by what he saw.

Asked by iFL TV about the performance, Benn responded: "I didn't think it was great.

"Very disappointing performance.

"It was terrible."

Then asked if he still wanted to fight Garcia, Benn said: "No, I don't think so."

Garcia arrival

In case you missed it - and way before a humbling defeat - Ryan Garcia arrived for the fight in a BATMOBILE.

Garcia wasn't driving the car - which was used by Michael Keaton in Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Return's (1992).

Garcia Tears

Video has emerged of Ryan Garcia with his head in hands and in TEARS in his car after his defeat to Rolly Romero.

He later posted a message on social media that read: "First want to Thank God for everything in every situation.

"I couldn’t do it tonight, I’m devastated and really sad that I fought the way I did.

"I just didn’t have it tonight felt off I fought a lot to get here, as you know what I went thru last year was something a lot of people don’t come back from. So I can see a victory for me in that.

"Congratulations to Rollies, Hell of a dude and great hearted person wish you nothing but the best.

"I love you all and thank you for everything."

Romero sends Garcia plans crashing to the canvas

This was billed as huge return to the ring for Ryan Garcia after his one-year ban.

However, after the fight all people were talking about was the performance of Rolly Romero.

The highlight of the fight was Romero landing a hook on Garcia and following up with another on his way down.

Rolly fully deserved his victory in Times Square.

Devin not showing flare

Despite his unanimous win on the card this evening against Jose Ramirez, he needs to up his game far more going forward.

His tactic seemed to be to keep away from his opponent and his constant moving around the ring made him a difficult target.

Haney showed his attacking intent too little and was not putting in the sort of performance from his previous fight with Garcia.

Former pro getting love from crowd

Shannon Biggs was a an easy figure to spot in a crowd.

Fans were looking for selfies with the former big-hitter.

There are plenty of stars in attendence of this Times Square triple main event this evening.

Lopez adding spice to card

The best fight in Times Square this evening seemed to be Teofimo Lopez vs Arnold Barboza Jr.

Both fighters got on the front foot whenever they could and were landing some good shots.

Barboza had some power behind his blows but Lopez outboxed him through the fight and exploding into bursts of combinations.

However, Lopez got an impressive win against a tricky opponent.

Garcia gent in defeat

Ryan Garcia had nothing but respect for Rolly Romero.

Immediately after their fight he embraced his opponent.

Speaking with DAZN afterwards it was evident that he had a lot of time for the performance of his opponent and that he had deserved victory in the ring.

Venue proves popular with fans

Under the bright lights of Times Square, the event as a whole seemed to be a success.

While some of the bouts did not live up to the billing, there was no discontent from the fans.

It was some backdrop to have to the boxing this evening.

Romero steals limelight in New York

While everyone is wondering is Garcia will still have his rematch, based on what we have seen tonight, Romero versus Haney could be a better fight.

With Haney and Garcia contractually committed to a rematch, it is unlikely we will get the fight we want.

Garcia will have to have some training campt beforehand to get back to where he was when they last met.

Garcia left wanting in the ring

Speaking after the fight Ryan Garcia said that the year out of the ring has taken its toll on him and how Rolly Romero fought a good fight.

It seems that the knockdown in the second round really affected him despite getting straight to his feet.

It is back to the drawing board and while many people were looking forward to a Ryan Garcia vs Devin Haney rematch, they may not be so much now after the two boxers performances tonight.