After watching Rolando “Rolly” Romero easily outpoint Manuel Jaimes in a junior welterweight bout Saturday on the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga undercard at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Danny Jacobs said he wants to see Romero take on superstar Gervonta “Tank” Davis.
Jacobs, a recently retired former middleweight titleholder, provided ringside guest commentary on Amazon’s Prime Video streaming broadcast.
“I think it’s a very interesting fight,” Jacobs said of a potential Davis-Romero clash.
Romero (16-2, 13 KOs) beat Jaimes (16-2-1, 11 KOs) in dominant fashion, winning almost every round (99-91 on all three judges’ scorecards) in a performance that Jacobs believes merits a shot at facing Davis.
“I like his style,” Jacobs said of Romero. “I like how explosive he was, and he was smooth like water – like Bruce Lee is – tonight. Right here, what I think Rolly did is, he dominated with the body shots right there – big left hook. In the first half of the fight, he was loading up.”
Romero, 28, lost his 140-pound title in March to hard-hitting Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz via an explosive eighth-round stoppage. The Las Vegas native needed a win over Jaimes to retain his status as a contender in the division.
When asked about Romero’s good moments in the fight, Jacobs said, “In the second half, I felt like he kinda settled in and started doing body blows. Good body shot right there with that left hook to deliver.”
Meanwhile, Jaimes, a 24-year-old native of San Jose, California, saw his four-fight winning streak come to an end.
Bernard Neequaye is a sports journalist with a specialty in boxing coverage. He wrote a boxing column titled “From The Ringside” in his native Ghana for years. He can be reached on X (formerly Twitter) at @BernardNeequaye, LinkedIn at Bernard Neequaye and through email at [email protected].
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