Romero detailed his side during a livestream, insisting he pushed to make the fight and removed money as a barrier. “I truly, and when I mean truly, tried my absolute hardest to make this Devin fight,” Romero said. “Gave him 50% of the split of everything. And apparently it’s not enough money.”
Haney’s resume is objectively deeper, but in modern boxing, “stardom” is often measured by engagement and ticket sales rather than just championship belts.
By outclassing Ryan Garcia in 2025, Rolly proved he isn’t just a talker. Fighting on the PBC/Amazon platform gives him a home-field advantage in negotiations that Haney, a promotional free agent or Matchroom-affiliated fighter, doesn’t always have.
“It’s a unification. It’s on PBC. It’s on Amazon Prime. It’s a pay-per-view,” Rolly said. “On top of that, you get Amazon promoting. You get PBC promoting it. You get me promoting it because Devin cannot promote anything to save his life. We’re talking about a dude that was on my undercard. So, it’s actually insane.”
Haney has already called Rolly “delusional” for thinking he’s a draw, recently stating that “the money isn’t right.” If a 50-50 split was indeed on the table and Haney walked away, he is likely looking for a deal that reflects his perceived status as the superior boxer.
To get Haney to sign, the deal would probably need to look like this: A 60-40 or even 65-35 split in Haney’s favor in terms of the purse split.
Most importantly, Haney wants a large guaranteed purse. He has expressed frustration with deals that require him to “bet on himself” by covering upfront costs or waiting for PPV back-end profits.
With Shakhram Giyasov now slated to face Jack Catterall on May 23 in Egypt, Rolly Romero’s immediate mandatory headache has indeed cleared up. Since that fight is for the “Regular” title, Rolly, as the full WBA Welterweight Champion, suddenly has a much wider lane to navigate.
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