BOXING fans fumed as “completely out of it” Rolly Romero was interviewed after being brutally knocked out by Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz.
Romero put his WBA super-lightweight title on the line in Las Vegas in the chief support of Amazon Prime’s inaugural pay-per-view event.
He was rocked in the opening round, sent reeling backwards, but managed to survive the early onslaught.
But Cruz, 25, came on strong half way through the title bout and almost had Romero, 29, out on his feet in the seventh.
The writing was on the wall as again the Mexican poured on the pressure the very next round with a barrage of shots.
And after one too many left hooks and right hands had Romero in all sort of trouble, referee Tom Taylor rightfully stepped in.
It crowned Cruz as the new champion and Romero suffered only his second loss after being KO’d by Gervonta Davis in 2022.
The American was interviewed moments after being stopped on his feet and looked visibly dazed.
He struggled to get his words out and had to pause before saying: “I want to tell everybody, thanks for coming out.
“And honestly, happy Easter everybody, you guys. It’s like Jesus was resurrected, I’ll be back.
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“I want to tell everybody, happy Easter and thank you for supporting me and following me.”
Fans were left in discomfort at the watch as one said: “Rolly Romero was completely out of it after getting KO’d by Pitbull Cruz.”
Another added: “Interviewing a fighter that has been KO’d is wrong.”
One asked: “Why would they even interview him.”
Cruz settled the score after a bitter build up of being probed and poked by Romero.
And he gloated: “I didn’t want to come here and just win, I wanted to massacre Rolly and make him eat all the garbage he said to me.
“I fought with the intention to leave the decision out of the judges’ hands.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
