Eddie Hearn believes that Ronaldo ‘Rolly’ Romero could make a fight with Devin Haney.
25-year-old American Romero has been mentioned as potential opponent for current WBC lightweight champion Haney, who has struggled to find rivals ready to step up.
Both JoJo Diaz and Ryan Garcia appear keener on fighting one another than they did exercising their mandatory option against the 22-year-old champion.
Speaking on the DAZN Boxing Show, Hearn believes that Haney-Romero would make sense.
“Yeah, I think so. I mean, Rolly’s kind of come out of nowhere,” he said.
“I mean, he's been like on the on the scene of the the hardcore boxing channels for a while and then obviously, his last fight was on a bigger stage, a bigger pro platform.
“And I think it’s a fight that would have a lot of juice in it. I think it's a fight that would have a lot of beef in it. And therefore, it's a fight that would make sense. I must say that the target remains Jojo Diaz for November to Devin Haney. That's the fight we want to make, because that's a real fight. And that's it. That's a good fight.
“I mean no disrespect to Rolly. But I just don't feel that’s a difficult fight for Devin Haney. I think JoJo Diaz is a multi weight world champion coming off a good win against [Javier] Fortuna. That's a proper fight for the division. So Devin wants those big fights. And if it's not [Teofimo] Lopez or Ryan Garcia or [Gervonta] Tank [Davis], JoJo Diaz is a great option. So that's where our priorities remain at the moment.”