Rolly Romero W12 Ryan Garcia... Rolly Romero knocked down and upset a gun-shy Ryan Garcia in New York City's Time Square on Friday night. A Romero double left hook landed flush on the chin and dropped Garcia in round two. Garcia got up and did not seem particularly hurt, but his performance became more passive with every round. Romero, a former 140-pound titlist but generally lightly regarded until today, was content to fight at a slow pace but he clearly landed the harder shots  The strategy paid off as Garcia did not press the action despite between-round pleas from his trainer, Derrick James. The official scores for this welterweight fight were 115-112 (twice) and 118-109 all in favor of Romero. According to Compubox, Garia outlanded Romero by a dismal 66-57 count. However, Garcia applauded the verdict and conceded romero deserved the victory. The most telling statistic was that the 490 combined punches thrown total was the third lowest in a twelve-round fight in CompuBox's forty-year history, below even the 503 combined punches from Devin Haney and Juan Carlos Ramirez earlier in the evening. 

Romero's upset throws Turki Alalshikh's plans for a Garcia-Haney rematch into question. Romero vs. Haney would seem like a natural, but Romero offered to let the rematch go ahead next. Whether fans still want to see Garcia-Haney II after weak performances from both last night (Haney won but did not look good) remains to be seen.