A robbery took place in Las Vegas on Saturday. A 40-year old man, Ismael Barroso, was deprived of hundreds of thousands of dollars in future income and perhaps the right to call himself a world champion. In front of a few thousand fans at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Barroso had a nearly two-decade long dream ripped away from him.
And there’s likely nothing he can do about it.
To recap: On Saturday, Barroso and Rolando Romero met for a vacant 140-pound title. Barroso, a late replacement for Alberto Puello, who was stripped of his belt after testing positive for a banned substance weeks before the fight, was given little chance. Oddsmakers established Romero as high as a 10–1 favorite. Barroso, who looks all of his 40 years (and then some), was lampooned on social media for his grandfatherly appearance.
