{"id":75942,"date":"2018-11-02T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=75942"},"modified":"2018-11-02T13:31:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T18:31:22","slug":"ringside-report-looks-back-at-boxer-jacob-romero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=75942","title":{"rendered":"Ringside Report Looks Back at Boxer Jacob Romero"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Daniel Sisneros<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a rather short but successful local amateur career, Albuquerque’s Jacob Romero turned pro on August 5, 1995 and what a way to start! His pro debut bout was televised world wide on a Cedric Kushner “Heavyweight Explosion” card, and it was a wild affair against fellow Albuquerque Pro Debuting – Marty Maestas. The match went 4 wild rounds and ended in a draw via majority decision.<\/p>\n

Jacob continued to appear on local undercards in New Mexico and because of his smooth calculating and precise punching style he earned the nickname “Razor Sharp”. He built a record of 8-0-1, 4 ko’s including wins over highly regarded fellow local favorites Rick Ortega & Frank Cordova, both by decision.<\/p>\n

August 8th, 1998 saw Jacob in one of his most highly anticipated showdown bouts, against fellow Albuquerque prospect Lyrant “Unpredictable” Warrior (6-1, 2 ko’s). Romero stopped his rival at 2:12 of round 6 to remain undefeated and become considered the top prospect on the Albuquerque boxing circuit.<\/p>\n

Romero would then move up to his first 10 rounder in a co-main event against Denver’s Eugene Lopez. Jacob was impressive, winning a unanimous decision on scores of 98-90, 99-89, and 98-92.<\/p>\n

He was defeated for the first time in his next bout against Jose Limones, being stopped in the 10th round in front of a shocked Las Vegas, New Mexico crowd. He came back against highly respected fellow New Mexican Shawn Gallegos (7-1) but lost a 6 round decision to Gallegos.<\/p>\n

After a 3 year layoff, Romero fought his final pro bout on May 13, 2006 at the Ford Pavilion in Albuquerque, but was dropped in round 1 and stopped in round 3 against Las Cruces, NM’s Dale McCartey.<\/p>\n

Jacob finished up with a pro record of 10 wins, 3 losses, 1 draw, winning 5 by knockout. He never challenged for a title, but was a favorite of New Mexico boxing fans for the decade+ that he appeared on local events.<\/p>\n

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