Rolly pulled off the largest win of his profession in opposition to Garcia in Could 2025, dropping him within the second spherical and taking a 12-round resolution to seize the WBA welterweight title. It was a superb efficiency and gave Rolly the signature win he’d been lacking.
Beating the attraction doesn’t robotically make you the attraction.
Rolly hasn’t fought since. Greater than fifteen months may have handed when he lastly returns in opposition to Teofimo, and Jack Catterall by no means obtained the necessary title combat the WBA ordered. In some way, Rolly nonetheless owns the belt and is coming again because the centerpiece of an $80 PPV reasonably than having to resolve his necessary scenario first.
Exterior of Garcia, there isn’t a lot in Rolly’s profession that calls for premium pricing. His 2020 resolution over Jackson Marinez was controversial. His 2023 stoppage of Ismael Barroso was worse. Rolly was behind on all three scorecards when referee Tony Weeks stopped Barroso within the ninth spherical, producing one of many extra criticized stoppages lately. Isaac Cruz then stopped Rolly in eight rounds in 2024.
Teofimo brings the stronger physique of labor, however his placement right here creates one other query. He misplaced decisively to Shakur Stevenson at 140 and is transferring immediately right into a WBA welterweight title combat with out first beating anybody at 147.
One fighter hasn’t defended his title in fifteen months. The opposite hasn’t received a combat at welterweight as a result of he’s by no means had one. TGB desires $79.99 for the bundle.
The undercard doesn’t enhance the deal.
Yoenli Hernandez could also be the very best fighter on your entire card, but even his matchup has mismatch written throughout it. Francisco Veron (17-1-1, 10 KOs) is a skinny, finesse-oriented junior middleweight who depends on motion and boxing means reasonably than energy. He hasn’t appeared notably spectacular at 154, and now he’s transferring to 160 to face a strong two-time beginner world champion.
Veron represented Argentina on the Tokyo Olympics, however that credential doesn’t change the bodily or stylistic actuality of this combat. Hernandez is the pure middleweight, the heavier puncher and the fighter being positioned for a world title alternative. Veron might want to preserve him at distance with out possessing the sort of energy more likely to discourage Hernandez from coming after him.
It appears to be like like one other Hernandez showcase, solely this time clients are being requested to pay $79.99 to look at it.
After Yoenli, there may be actually nothing on the PPV portion that qualifies as must-see. Victor Santillan in opposition to Antonio Russell could also be aggressive, however a aggressive combat between fighters with restricted business recognition isn’t sufficient to strengthen an $80 PPV. Carlos Utria in opposition to Israel Mercado brings even much less to the acquisition.
This complete card appears to be like extra applicable for normal DAZN programming. That wouldn’t make it free. Subscribers already pay a considerable worth for the service. Asking them for an additional $79.99 ought to require one thing significantly higher than a traditional DAZN card moved behind a second paywall.
Ryan Garcia isn’t right here this time to provide the large viewers that surrounded Rolly’s career-defining win in Instances Sq.. Rolly beat the star, however we’ll discover out August 22 how most of the star’s followers really adopted him.
TGB hasn’t provided a lot insurance coverage in the event that they didn’t.
If Rolly and Teofimo can’t promote this occasion themselves, nothing beneath them is probably going to reserve it. Even the cardboard’s arguably finest fighter is being matched in opposition to a smaller man transferring up from junior middleweight.
At $79.99, boxing followers must be getting significantly greater than this.
