Marco Romero KO1 Heber Rondon ... In his first scheduled six-round bout (held on April 12th), Kansas light heavyweight Marco “El Tiburón” Romero (6-0, 5 KOs) needed only half of a round to mow down his opponent as he continues his aggressive fight schedule. The 19 year-old Romero, a 23-time national amateur champion, stopped Heber Rondon (20-8, 13 KOs) of Venezuela with a left hook to the body at the 1:01 mark of the opening round at Eclipse Event Center in Denver. “I am doing the right things by listening to my coaches and my team,” Romero said, “doing what we practice in the ring like that left hook to the body. We have worked so hard, and I’d say we are on track to greatness.

 

“I’m not disappointed that I haven’t been getting more rounds (12 rounds in 6 pro fights) in my fights. Rounds will come as my opposition becomes better. All I can do is my job and, if that means getting my opponent out of there in the first or last round I’ll do it.” Romero has embarked on an extremely busy 2025 tentative fight schedule for Romero this year continuing May 24th in Topeka (KS), June 14th in Portland (ME), June 27th in Wichita (KS), September 6th in Olathe (KS – Marco’s hometown), and back November 8th to Portland (ME). “I am very excited about my fight schedule for the rest of 2025,” Romero added, “especially with some being in Kansas. To just be able to stay this active is amazing. We will be doing more six-round fights, but a potential eight-rounder in November is being talked about.”

 

The architects of Romero’s steady development and accelerated fight schedule are his legendary manager/head trainer John Bown and deeply connected adviser Al Valenti. “Marco continues to train hard every day and, in fact, as a salute to George Foreman, I got Marco in the woods with a 15-pound axe chopping trees down like Goege’s old school training,” Brown commented. “We have Marco on a very active schedule for one simple reason: this kid loves to fight”