The WBA has named
Rolando Romero its welterweight World champion now that its Super champion,
Jaron Ennis, has moved on to 154 pounds, according to the sanctioning body's end-of-month ratings update published on Thursday.
Romero (17-2, 13 KOs) won the secondary Regular WBA title in May when he
dropped Ryan Garcia and scored a unanimous decision win to headline a Ring card in New York's Times Square.
Romero and Garcia
are currently in advanced talks to stage a rematch as early as December.
Ennis notched the WBA Super title in April by
stopping Eimantas Stanionis in six rounds. He also won the vacant Ring title in the process, adding to his collection of belts, which already included the IBF crown at the time as well. But the Philadelphia native
announced last month that he’s moving to 154 pounds.
The other champions in the welterweight division include WBC belt holder
Mario Barrios, who just
fought to a draw against
Manny Pacquiao, and WBO champion
Brian Norman Jr, who faces former two-division titleholder
Devin Haney on November 22 as part of a stacked Riyadh Season show in Saudi Arabia. The IBF title is vacant.
Below are the
current Ring rankings at 147 pounds.
C JARON ENNIS U.S. 34-0-0 (30 KOs)
1 BRIAN NORMAN JR U.S. 28-0-0 (22 KOs)
2 EIMANTAS STANIONIS Lithuania 15-1-0 (9 KOs)
3 GIOVANI SANTILLAN U.S. 34-1-0 (18 KOs)
4 ROHAN POLANCO Dom. Rep 17-0-0 (10 KOs)
5 SHAKHRAM GIYASOV Uzbekistan 17-0-0 (10 KOs)
6 ALEXIS ROCHA U.S. 25-2-1 (16 KOs)
7 RAUL CURIEL Mexico 16-0-1 (14 KOs)
8 MARIO BARRIOS U.S. 29-2-2 (18 KOs)
9 MANNY PACQUIAO Philippines 62-8-3 (39 KOs)
10 EKOW ESSUMAN U.K. 22-1-0 (8 KOs)
Manouk Akopyan is The Ring’s lead writer. Follow him on X and Instagram: @ManoukAkopyan.