Rolly Romero-Teofimo Lopez set for T-Mobile Arena for August 22
Jul 7, 2026 • 6:46 AM ET
Cris Esqueda / Matchroom BoxingRolly Romero and Teofimo Lopez, a pair of two-division champions in their prime, will receive their due attention when they square off in their summer WBA welterweight title bout.
An official connected to the fight confirmed to BoxingScene Monday that Romero-Lopez will be staged August 22 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The bout is expected to be a joint pay-per-view on Prime Video and DAZN.
For Las Vegas’ Romero, 17-2 (13 KOs), the card represents his first title defense at a major venue after he captured the belt by defeating Ryan Garcia in the main event of the May 2025 Times Square card in New York that featured Lopez outpointing Arnold Barboza Jnr.
Romero, 30, previously lost his first 140lbs title defense to Mexico’s Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz in the March 2024 co-main event to Tim Tszyu’s 154lbs title defense defeat to Sebastian Fundora.
New York’s 28-year-old Lopez, 22-2 (13 KOs), has headlined five title fights at New York’s Madison Square Garden, most recently losing his WBO 140lbs belt to four-division champion Shakur Stevenson by unanimous decision on January 31.
Lance Pugmire has been a full-time boxing writer for nearly 20 years, serving now as BoxingScene’s U.S. Senior Writer and assistant producer for ProBoxTV’s “BoxingScene Today.” Pugmire capped a near 20-year career at the Los Angeles Times (sports investigations, NHL/MLB beat work, law enforcement/courts and boxing/UFC) to join The Athletic, and then USA Today. Pugmire’s stint at The Times started with the first Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight and the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr then-record pay-per-view, leading through a slew of ringside assignments at major bouts, including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Mayweather-Canelo and the Canelo-Golovkin trilogy. Lance’s appreciation for boxing is rooted in his admiration and appreciation for the fighters, gladiators who have proven to be the most forthcoming and candid of all the athletes he has interviewed over a career dating to 1990. Lance was honored to be named the 2022 winner of the Boxing Writers Association of America Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence and he’s collected many BWAA writing awards in categories ranging from breaking news to deep-dive long features.
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