Unbeaten Dominican southpaw Alberto Puello (21-0, 10 KOs) will make the first defense of his WBA super lightweight title against Rollie Romero (14-1, 12 KOs) May 13 broadcast on Showtime TV channel. Thus, Romero will receive a title fight in his first fight in the weight category up to 63 kg. The Las Vegas native has boxed in the lightweight division throughout his six-year professional career. In May last year, Romero lost early in the sixth round to Gervonte Davis.
For Puello, this will be the first defense of the WBA belt, which he won almost six months ago in a fight for the vacant title against Batyr Akhmedov from Uzbekistan. Prior to that, the belt was owned by Josh Taylor, who refused to hold a mandatory defense and was stripped of the championship title.
