The recent 2-week training camp in Montreal prepared rising star Marco “El Tiburón (The Shark)” Romero (15-0, 13 KOs) for his 8-round fight this Saturday on “The Fight” card, presented by Premier Boxing Champions (PBC), like no other for his second fight under the PBC banner.
The 20-year-old Romero, fighting out of Olathe, Kansas, faces Uruguay’s Braulio Ferreira (8-3, 3 KOs) in an 8-round bout opening the 4-fight broadcast from The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, live and exclusively in the United States on TNT, truTV and DAZN.
Romero vs. Ferreira, contested at a 165-pound catchweight, will be on the undercard of the WBC Super Welterweight Championship match between defending champion Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora and mandatory challenger Ermal Hadribej.
His second training camp in Montreal was eye-opening for Romero, who sparred 40 round with top super middleweights including IBF World Champion Osleys “El Tornado” Iglesias (16-0, 15 KOs), WBC World Champion Christian “Solide” Mbilli (29-0-1, 24 KOs), NABA Champion Iman “The Destroyer” Khataev (13-1, 12 KOs), and Erik “BZO” Bazinyan (32-1-1, 3 KOs).
“Iglesias is an awesome guy who is the boogeyman of the super middleweight division,” Romero said. “He’s a Cuban dude so it was easier to speak with him. He works super hard and has power in both hands and he’s strong, long and tall. He’s world champion for a reason.
“Mbilli is super humble and we talked less because he’s French. He’s a strong, powerful guy with speed. He’s a big guy and a good combination puncher. He’s going to give Canelo a war. It was an honor to share the ring with these world champions and hold my own.”
Romero noted that he not only got in the ring with these world champions, but he also often spoke with them, observed the way they train and handle themselves, and learned their mindset.
“I had another great experience at training camp again in Montreal,” Romero commented. “To be called back to work with 2 world champions shows that I’m getting close to being on their level. I’m even more motivated to get on that level.
“I’m always confident but I’ll be even sharper, mentally prepared-wise, for this fight. My ring IQ and counter punching has improved, too. When I enter the ring on October 17th, after having training camp in Montreal with 2 world champions, I’ll feel like Superman and nobody can stop me.”
“What’s inspirational for me is Marco’s positive attitude about leaving town to get the sparring that he needs because there is no one with 400 miles of us that will spar with him,” Romero’s legendary manager/head trainer John Brown added. “As part of Marco’s never ending boxing improvement program, we already have sparring lined up in Orlando shortly after this fight and Marco is already excited about it.”
Marco is undefeated in 15 pro fights with 13 stoppages, winning all 36 rounds on the judges’ scorecards. A 23-time U.S. national Champion, Romero had a rich amateur pedigree, backed by his remarkable 130-5 record. The gifted Mexican American boxer hasn’t lost in more than 7 years since June 28, 2019.
“I want to thank Eye of the Tiger and Marc Ramsey for the opportunity once again to be in camp and be around the best who will help me during my boxing career. I’m more than grateful to have been in camp with 2 world champions and their hot prospects.”
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