Live results: Rolly Romero defends title against Teofimo Lopez

Rolando “Rolly” Romero defends his WBA welterweight title against Teofimo Lopez tonight (Saturday, August 22) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

• Local two-division champion Romero (17-2, 13 KOs) makes the first defense of the belt he claimed last May by unanimous decision against Ryan Garcia.
• Brooklyn’s Lopez (22-2, 13 KOs) looks to claim a world title in his third weight class and bounce back from a unanimous decision loss to Shakur Stevenson in January.

How to watch: Live on pay-per-view via DAZN and Prime Video at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT.

PPV undercard includes:

• A middleweight co-feature bout between undefeated Cuban Yoenli Hernandez (10-0, 9 KOs) and Argentina’s Francisco Veron (17-1-1, 10 KOs).
• A super bantamweight championship bout between interim WBA titleholder Victor Santillan (16-2, 7 KOs) of the Dominican Republic and Gary Antonio Russell (21-1, 13 KOs) of Capitol Heights, Maryland.
• A super lightweight PPV opener between Colombia’s Carlos Utria (14-0, 11 KOs) and Israel Mercado (13-1-2, 7 KOs) of Pomona, California.

A middleweight contest between Marco Romero (14-0, 12 KOs) of Overland Park, Kansas, and Kahlil Mitchell (6-1, 4 KOs) of Chattanooga, Tennessee, headlines three prelims.

Romero vs Lopez results

Main card (8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT)

• Rolando Romero vs. Teofimo Lopez
• Yoenli Feliciano Hernandez vs. Francisco Daniel Veron
• Victor Santillan vs. Gary Antonio Russell
• Carlos Utria vs. Israel Mercado

Prelims (6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT)

• Marco Romero vs. Kahlil Mitchell
• Aldo Blancas vs. Ricky Mamone
• Joseph Brown vs. Alton Wiggins

Non-televised

• Benjamin Johnson vs. Jose Gabriel Rodriguez