Super-middleweight prospect Marco Romero is ready for a promoter to take a chance on him.

Now 14-0 (12 KOs), the 20-year-old, who hails from Kansas, scored a first-round knockout of the 5-4 Andre Sherrod at the Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 16.

“I want to sign with a promoter that will see me succeed and grow, not only as an individual, but as a team,” Romero, a gifted former amateur, said. “My promoter must be able to bring me to the top because it’s where I belong. 

“It’s time for me to get into the big leagues, so to speak, and gain exposure in bigger fights on larger platforms. I’m ready to show that it’s time for me to fight better opponents. My last performance speaks for itself – 45-second knockout win with a body blow. The late replacement, something that’s happened a lot, didn’t bother me. I just did my job.”

Romero’s trainer, John Brown, added: “We will soon be making an important decision for Marco’s future. This next step is to sign with a promoter – we’re fortunate to have a half-dozen solid offers – for him to climb to the top of the ladder. “We didn’t want to rush him because he’s a 20-year-old kid. He’s got experience as a professional and now it’s time to take the next step. Boxing is in bad shape right now and not as fertile as it was only five years ago because there’s no TV money anymore. The whole scene is different and nobody really knows the future.

“I’m disappointed we didn’t have a better-quality opponent, but the original opponent pulled out only a few days before the fight, and that was his second time. Marco did what he was supposed to do and stopped his opponent in the first round with a body shot. Marco will move on to fight tougher opponents and show fans his overall skill level and development on bigger platforms. Better days are ahead when we sign with a promoter.”