Live Blog: Times Square Fight Night Garcia-Romero; Lopez-Barboza Jnr; Haney-Ramirez

Romero takes the victory. The final scores: 118-109 and 115-112 (twice)

According to CompuBox, Garcia went 65 of 207 over the course of 12 rounds — about 5.5 punches landed per round — while Romero was 54 of 267, about 4.5 punches per round.

Does Ryan Garcia know something we don't? Absolutely no urgency in Round 12. The fight goes to the final bell, and now we wait for the scorecards.

Derrick James tried once again to light a fire under Ryan Garcia's rear end before Round 11 began. It didn't work. Devin Haney laid an egg with his lackluster performance against Jose Ramirez but at least got the boring victory. Ryan Garcia is in danger of losing this fight to Romero, depending on what the judges are seeing.

Once again, it was Romero landing the sharper shots in Round 10. He's fighting with more urgency than Garcia, recognizing that he needs to distinguish himself from Garcia in the eyes of the judges as this fight gets closer to the final bell.

The ninth round was a clear Romero round. He pursued Garcia early on with a handful of punches, landing a few shots to the body. He exerted more pressure and threw more shots.

Derrick James, Garcia's trainer, gave his fighter quite a pep talk before Round 8 began. With so little action, the rounds could be close on the scorecards or in Romero's favor at this point. How will Garcia respond? So far, not with the urgency James wanted. Round 8 was more of the same. Lots of posturing and feinting. Garcia did get in a right hand that might've been behind Romero's head, and he popped Romero with three good jabs with about a minute to go in the round. When Romero rushed in with about 30 seconds to go, Garcia backed away and the two fighters clinched. 

"It's been mostly quiet through the first five rounds of the fight," says Jim Lampley. And Round 6 was also mostly quiet, through not totally. Garcia did land a left hook at one point early in the round and a jab soon afterward.  Garcia also attempted a right and a left. Romero missed with a right cross. Romero attempted a handful of shots with about 20 seconds to go, none of tthem landing.

Through four rounds, Garcia was 24 of 84 while Romero was 18 of 86, according to CompuBox. A little more action to start Round 5, with Garcia landing a counter, but then the action returned to the previous, tentative pace.

The third round was relatively uneventful. The fourth round remained relatively cautious. Both men are standing in range, but then moving out of range when their opponent decides to come forward and let his hands go. Neither man is letting his hands go often; being first means you can be countered. 

Romero dropped Garcia early in Round 2! Garcia threw a left hook, but Romero blocked it and landed two left hooks of his own, putting Garcia on the seat of his shorts. Garcia appears to be fine and is throwing his left hook again.  Romero, emboldened, tried a hard, looping right hand that didn't land clean. Things slowed down for the remainder of the round, though there is tension in the air.

Ryan Garcia, the taller of the two men, stayed behind the jab in the first round. If history is a guide, he'll probably feint with the shot at some point and instead throw a hard lead left hook. 

And now, hopefully, a palate cleanser. Teofimo Lopez vs. Arnold Barboza at times felt like a sparring session that never got out of first or second gear. Devin Haney vs. Jose Ramirez was as aesthetically unpleasant as they come. So here we are at the main event, with Ryan Garcia taking on Rolando Romero in a match that will hopefully be more entertaining.

The final scores were 119-109 (twice) and 118-110. 

The final two rounds of Haney-Ramirez were much the same as the 10 rounds that preceded them. "Don't give him nothing here," Bill Haney said before Round 12. Devin hadn't given anyone anything for the first 11. The final bell rings and the fighters embrace, and that was probably the most contact we saw between them all night.

As poorly as Ramirez is performing here, it's really to Haney's credit — but also Haney's fault.

Even the best fighters have a hard time hitting someone who doesn't want to engage (see Bernard Hopkins struggling to land shots on Morrade Hakkar).

Haney still clearly in the lead through 10 rounds.

After seven rounds, this is probably a Devin Haney shutout. He moves. He throws on very rare occasions. He makes Ramirez miss.CompuBox has Haney going just 38 of 129 through seven while Ramirez is 24 of 155. "A fight low on meaningful action, high on strange tactics," says Jim Lampley.

Haney's movement is making Ramirez more desperate. Haney walked him into a good right hand with about a minute to go in the fourth round.

Haney spent much of the fifth barely engaging. Any time Ramirez got close enough to throw, Haney moved again and made Ramirez reset. There's so little action that when Haney throws a punch or two, Jim Lampley will comment on it being a "good right hand." Haney isn't deterring Ramirez. He isn't punishing him. He's mostly negating him.

The velcro on one of Haney's shoes had come undone during the first two rounds, and so his corner taped both straps down before Round 3 began. Haney landed a lead left hook shortly after the round began. Otherwise, another round with little to write home about. At some point, Haney will have to get over his nerves of fighting for the first time since the damage he took against Ryan Garcia last year, and get the confidence to assert himself against Ramirez. Even though Haney could win ugly and still be able to sell a rematch with Garcia, the fight will be less marketable if Haney seems like gun-shy damaged goods.

More of the same from Devin Haney in the second round. Lots of movement until the final minute, when Haney sat down on a one-two, then got back to moving, then landing another one-two just before the final bell.

In the history of boxing rounds, that was certainly one of them. Devin Haney emphasized moving his feet more than moving his hands. Ramirez came forward. Haney circled or moved to one side, then the other. Both did land a jab or two. Ramirez attempted one overhand right and one left hook, both of which Haney dodged with ease.