Romero scored an early knockdown in the second round before cruising to a unanimous decision win over Garcia, who was fighting for the first time after his one-year suspension for testing positive for Ostarine following his win over Haney that was overturned to a no contest.

Asked whether that decision was connected to Haney’s evasive showing against De La Hoya fighter Jose Ramirez Friday, the promoter’s running feud with Haney father-manager-trainer, Bill Haney, or the fact that Haney sued Garcia for battery following their April 2024 no-contest in which Garcia knocked down Haney three times but then submitted three positive PED test results,