Fighting is fired by loss

Today, the WBA ordered the weight champion welter Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero to start negotiating with its compulsory challenger, Shakhram Giyasovfor title defense. They have until November 13 to discuss a pre -purse application. That’s not going to make Rolly and Manny Pacquiao happy.

Pacquiao title shot in the jeopardy

The WBA command puts Rolly’s planned January 24, 2026, fighting Manny Pacquio on shaky ground for the title at stake. Fans of Pacquiao (62-8-3, 39 Kos) looked forward to seeing him fighting Rolly (17-2, 13 Kos) for his WBA title. They rooted for Pacquiao to win a world title at 47 against a fragile champion.

The fighting can still happen, but without the title of WBA Rolly at stake. He will have to leave his title because his compulsory has now been ordered against the Giyasov promoted by Matchroom.

Father’s promise to his late daughter

Earlier this year, Giyasov revealed that he had promised his 2 -year -old dying daughter that he would win a world title. In order for him to be avoided in favor of an older fighter, Pacquiao, who does not deserve the shot of the world title, would be a shame. How could Pacquiao even take the fight knowing Giyasov’s situation?

“I promised her that I will be the world champion! It’s a fight for my daughter – I promised for my daughter that I would be a world champion. She believed me, I did that,”Giyasov told Dazn for a promise she had made to his 2 -year -old daughter who dies before she died in March 2025.

WBA is ordering Romero vs Giyasovhttps://t.co/pudt20gtg5

– WBA Boxing (@wbaboxing) October 13, 2025

The end of the world for Pacquiao would not wait until after Giyasov’s title was shot against Rolly. If the whole point in a Philippine star to fight for a world title is to hold a title in 47, he can try to achieve that against the winner of Romero-Giyasov’s fighting.

Of course, it would be much more difficult for Pacquiao to defeat Giyasov because the winner of the 2016 Olympic Silver Medal would be a nightmare for the older fighter. Rolly’s chance of beating Giyasov is slim. That fighting is a misfortune on paper; So the reason why Romero does not want to fulfill his compulsory obligation. Giyasov is bad news for him.

For the WBA 147-punch belt to be at stake, a seven figure similar to seven figures would need to be made to #1 Giyasov to get it to move aside. The problem is, Giyasov already agreed to a step aside earlier this year in April to allow WBA champion Eimantas Stanionis, fighting IBF champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis in a merger conflict.

Shortly after Ennis defeated Stanionis to capture his WBA title, he left the belt. The WBA allowed Rolly Romero and Ryan Garcia to fight for the empty title instead of Giyasov. Therefore, he was avoided for the second time. If he agrees to wrongly deals a vegetation deal, this would be the third time he failed to get a title shot.