WBA welterweight champion Rolando Romero and two-weight world champion Teofimo Lopez are finalizing an agreement for an August matchup in Las Vegas, sources with knowledge of the negotiations told the Review-Journal on Monday night.

A venue for the fight has not yet been determined with Aug. 22 as a possible date, according to sources.

The matchup marks the first title defense of the WBA 147-pound title for Romero, a Las Vegas native who beat (now WBC welterweight champion) Ryan Garcia a year ago in May to win the title. Romero (17-2, 13 knockouts) was previously the WBA’s 140-pound champion – claiming the vacant title in 2023 with a win over Ismael Barroso at the Cosmopolitan — also having a secondary title when campaigning at 135 pounds.

Romero lost the WBA 140-pound crown in 2024 with a stoppage loss to Isaac Cruz at T-Mobile Arena, also losing in 2022 to WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis by technical knockout.

Lopez (22-2, 13 knockouts) is a former unified 135-pound champion, winning the IBF title from Richard Commey in 2019 and unifying a year later at MGM Grand with a victory over WBO and WBA champion Vasiliy Lomachenko. He lost his lightweight crown a year later to George Kambosos, claiming the WBO 140-pound title in 2022 with a win over Josh Taylor.

He lost that title in January to pound-for-pound stalwart Shakur Stevenson and the fight with Romero marks Lopez’s 147-pound debut. Three-weight world champion Devin Haney holds the WBO’s 147-pound crown while Lewis Crocker has the IBF title.

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