Yoel Romero is perhaps the face of Soiled Boxing.
Final yr, BKFC star Mike Perry entered into the promotional game together with his personal hybrid-rules struggle promotion, Soiled Boxing, that includes three-minute rounds and permitting the usage of elbows, amongst just a few different guidelines. The promotion held its inaugural card in November, a personal occasion in Miami, the place Romero annihilated Duane Crespo in the main event. Now Soiled Boxing is leaping into the struggle sport in earnest and as soon as once more calling on Romero to headline.
On Wednesday, Soiled Boxing introduced that Romero will face former Bellator fighter Ras Hylton in the primary occasion of the promotion’s first public struggle card, which takes place on March 22 at The Hangar at Regatta Harbour in Miami.
Romero has not competed since knocking out Crespo on the inaugural Soiled Boxing occasion, nevertheless, the 47-year-old Olympic silver medalist in wrestling did lately signal with GFL the place he’ll reportedly face Mauricio Rua someday later this yr. Hylton, in the meantime, has not competed since a knockout loss in Cage Titans again in 2023.