Ryan Garcia vs. Rolando Romero fight prediction, odds, start time, where to watch, live stream, date, preview
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Garcia is back in action on Friday night after serving a year-long suspension for his failed drug test
Although the marketing surrounding Friday night's unique boxing event in New York's Times Square has surrounded the build toward an inevitable Ryan Garcia-Devin Haney rematch, the pair of young stars must first pass dangerous tests of their own.
Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs), who dropped Haney three times last April en route to an upset win that was changed to a no contest after Garcia failed a postfight drug test, will headline this weekend's "The Ring" event (6 p.m. ET, DAZN PPV -- Buy Now) in a 12-round welterweight bout against slugger Rolando "Rolly" Romero (16-2, 13 KOs). In the co-feature, Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) will meet former unified junior welterweight champion Jose Ramirez (29-2, 18 KOs) in a 144-pound catchweight bout.
The last 12 months have been anything but normal for Garcia, the 26-year-old social media sensation, who was suspended for a full year after testing positive for traces of Ostarine and embarked on a much-publicized world tour of toxicity that nearly cost him his career, family and his freedom. Along with mental health and substance abuse challenges, Garcia was arrested for trashing a hotel room, had recently endured a divorce and was dealing with his mother's cancer diagnosis.
