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Tim Bradley delivers verdict on Rolly Romero’s performance in Teofimo Lopez defeat

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Tim Bradley has questioned Rolando Romero’s fighter-trainer relationship with Ismael Salas following his majority decision defeat to Teofimo Lopez this past weekend.

The 30-year-old made a first defence of his WBA world title at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, only to be convincingly outboxed by welterweight debutant Lopez.

While the scorecards would suggest otherwise, many felt ‘The Takeover’ won a clear decision by outlanding, and largely outclassing, his low-volume opponent.

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The key moment of success for ‘Rolly’ came in round five, when he hurt Lopez with an overhand right but was unable to get his man out of there, or in fact score a knockdown.

As a result, Lopez became a three-division world champion while Romero suffered his first defeat since getting stopped in eight rounds by Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz.

That setback came in 2024, after the American had moved up to 140lbs in the wake of his sixth-round stoppage loss to Gervonta Davis around two years earlier.

Back then, Romero was working with head coach Cromwell ‘Bullet’ Gordon but is now trained by Salas, who has been widely credited for improving Rolly’s technical ability and defensive skills.

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While speaking on his YouTube channel, though, Hall of Famer Bradley made the argument that Romero no longer has faith in his punch resistance.

“Rolly is a defective fighter. I’ve told y’all already – he’s not skilled; he’s not that good. All he does is have power.

“You think you’re gonna outbox Teofimo Lopez? You think you literally, clearly won the fight? Get the hell out of here, Rolly.

“Look at how Rolly used to be when he was with Bullet. He was aggressive; he was coming forward; he was a damn dog.

“Then he got his ass knocked out by Gervonta Davis. [Then] he got his ass knocked out by Pitbull Cruz. He been fighting on skates ever since. He don’t believe in this [his chin].”

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While Salas oversaw a unanimous decision victory over Ryan Garcia in May 2025, it did seem that Romero was struggling to follow instructions from his trainer against Lopez.

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Skip Bayless goes ballistic on Todd Monken for naming Deshaun Watson as Browns QB1

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Todd Monken finally knows who his QB1 will be in his head coaching debut, and one person is not taking it well.

During media availability on Monday, the Cleveland Browns head coach confirmed that Deshaun Watson would start next month’s season opener at the Jacksonville Jaguars. The multiple-time Pro Bowler has struggled throughout the preseason and been the subject of negative reception from fans, but Monken stressed that they did not factor into his decision.

He also promised that second-year player Shedeur Sanders would eventually get an opportunity to start as the season progressed, but Skip Bayless is not buying it. Shortly after the news dropped, the veteran sportscaster dropped a lengthy rant that bore the following caption:

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“Trade Shedeur Sanders to Falcons!”

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In the video itself, he said:

“This sorry-a** franchise does not deserve to have Shedeur Sanders on its roster anymore. I wish there were some way that Jimmy Haslam and Todd Monken would decide to get rid of Shedeur, set him free, trade him elsewhere.

“Do I think Shedeur Sanders could win more games than (Michael) Penix (Jr.) or Tua (Tagovailoa)? You better believe I do.”

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Will Compton insinuates Deshaun Watson being named Browns’ QB1 was not Todd Monken’s decision

Todd Monken’s decision to name Deshaun Watson the Browns’ QB1 has been met with much negativity, especially given the former offensive coordinator’s previous track record with the more highly regarded Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson. When explaining it, the coach insisted that it was his decision — one that stemmed from weeks of observation:

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“Deshaun gave us the best chance to move the ball and score points. I felt that way going into the last game, but wasn’t sure. And after we talked as a staff and we re-looked at everything, we’re going to go that direction.”

However, Will Compton is not buying that notion. Reacting to comments that Dan Orlovsky made on ESPN’s First Take, the former NFL linebacker and current podcast host implied that the decision may have actually come from Browns owner Mike Haslam:

“Feels like a decision CLEARLY above Todd Monken.”

Feels like a decision CLEARLY above Todd Monken

Kickoff for the Browns-Jaguars game is at 1 p.m. ET on CBS.