“The Haitian King” Harold Roy Takes the Ring at Fenway

BOSTON — Harold Roy, ranked 100th nationally, speaks with quiet confidence—like a man who knows something others don’t.

On Saturday, June 6, 2026, the Haitian-American professional boxer from Brooklyn, New York, will step into the ring at Fenway Park in Boston for the co-main event of Fight Night at Fenway — the biggest stage of his career. He will face Cassius Chaney, who has a professional record of 24 wins (16 by knockout) and 4 losses. Chaney is currently ranked 25th among U.S. heavyweights by the National Boxing Association. The fight will be broadcast on DAZN pay-per-view.

Roy, who fights under the name “The Haitian King,” told CTN in an exclusive interview that a win would change the trajectory of his career. “This will bring me up to the top 20 in the country,” he said. “Right now, I know he’s 25, but with me winning this match, it’ll rip me up to the top 20, and then I’ll be able to fight in other bigger venues for bigger opportunities.”

He was direct about the stakes. “This is as big as it gets,” he said. “All I have to do is win this fight. Once I win it, I’ll advance on to bigger, better things. My next match will probably be in Las Vegas, or somewhere overseas, but the opportunity will be endless.”

Roy carries a professional record of 7 wins and 3 losses, with his first loss resulting from a bicep injury that required surgery. He then won seven straight fights. His last two losses came in title bouts against undefeated, highly regarded opponents.

“I started boxing really, really late,” he told CTN. “Didn’t have much of an amateur career, but I’ve been progressively getting better throughout the years. So much so that I have a big fight in Fenway on June 6.”

Roy said he has been around the sport since he was 11. He cycled in and out of the boxing gym while playing basketball and football through college and into semi-professional leagues. But the ring kept pulling him back. “Whether I’m doing it as a workout or getting ready for my basketball season, I always found my way back to being a professional boxer,” he said. “I don’t like to lose. I started late, but I’ve got some good coaches who put me into training. I have no regrets.”

He credits the Nolan Brothers, the promoters behind Fight Night at Fenway, for believing in him early. “I want to say eight years ago,” Roy said, describing when he first connected with them. “They saw my passion and strength. They saw that I could be successful. So, they’ve been putting me in a position to succeed. I can’t thank them enough for this opportunity.”

He called the Nolan Brothers promotion “the best promotion in New England.”

Roy said he has spent the past six weeks in intensive preparation. He has been sparring, studying film, and building a game plan tailored to Cheney’s style. At the time of the interview, he had two days left before fight night.

“I do a lot of film study,” he said. “He had a lot of good matches. As far as style, I think I have a good style to win this match. He’s a strong competitor. I think working on what I have over the past six weeks, I will come out victorious.”

He corrected himself mid-sentence. “I don’t think — I know I will come out victorious,” he said. “I’ve watched him. I know what he does and doesn’t like to do. My job is to go and execute.”

Roy described Cheney as a Hall of Fame-caliber fighter. Cheney competed for a championship roughly two months ago. “He’s been in the game for a while,” Roy said. “He’s been on a national level.”

If everything goes as planned, Roy said his next fight after Fenway would come quickly — a July 14 bout, likely in Philadelphia.

Roy did not shy away from the frustrations that have marked his journey. He described a recent fight in which he believed he won. By his account, the decision was initially awarded to him before being reversed.

“My last fight, I thought I won. A lot of people thought I won, but the judges thought otherwise,” he said. “They said I won, they raised my hand, and then all of a sudden they changed the decision,” Roy said. Even his opponent, who had a record of 14-1 at the time, acknowledged that Roy had won. “He even said that I won, but you know, with boxing and how it works, sometimes the decision isn’t for me to make, it’s for the judges.”

He said the experience shaped his approach to Saturday’s fight. “I learned from that. Next time, I won’t give a reason for the judges to take that decision from me.”

Roy was born in the United States, but he has chosen to carry the Haitian flag into the ring — and he explained why in terms that went beyond sport.

“It’s my culture, the struggles that we’ve been through,” he said. “I was in Haiti when the earthquake happened. I lost six people.” After the earthquake, Roy returned to Haiti and trained in CPR. “My connection and who I am and how I grew up — my blood is Haiti, man. I couldn’t think of any other way to represent my culture than by bringing the flag and calling myself the Haitian King.”

He spoke about the meaning that representation carries in a moment when positive news from Haiti is scarce. “I know not too much good news is coming out of Haiti, and my job is to bring good news and positivity and represent Haiti the best I can,” he said. “This is really, really important to me. It’s really, really important to the culture.”

Roy said his appearance on Channel 7 News after last year’s Fight Night at Fenway — alongside his daughter, who spoke about what it meant for her father to represent the Haitian community — was one of the proudest moments of his career. “I’m living a dream come true,” he said. “I would love to do this journey with my Haitian brothers, sisters, and businesses.”

Roy made a direct appeal to the Haitian business community for sponsorship and visibility. He pointed to a Dorchester dispensary that already sponsors him and appears on his shirt and fight-night logo. He said this exposure will be broadcast on television.

“These are opportunities for the Haitian businesses to have that exposure and then acquire other people to come to their business,” he said. “My job is to be on platforms like yours, to reach out to the Haitian community and invite Haitian sponsors to come in and support me. The exposure that we’ll have not only for this fight, but for future fights, is going to be massive.”

He explained that ticket sales directly linked to his name determine whether promoters bring him back to major venues. “The more people that come in and support me, the more times that they’ll have me come to the venue,” he said. “Not only is he a good performer, but he brings a big crowd.”

All seated tickets and VIP sections for Fight Night at Fenway are sold out. General admission tickets remain available at $100 through MLB.com. Search for Fight Night at Fenway and enter the code HaroldRoy (one word) at purchase.ase.

The event will also air live on DAZN pay-per-view. Roy fights as the co-main event on a card headlined by Anthony Vieira and Jay Brown.

Asked what he would say to young Haitians considering the sport, Roy did not hesitate.

“Follow your dream and follow your heart,” he said. “Boxing is so much like life. You go through life, you get hit, and you fall down, you have to get back up and keep going. Surround yourself with people that care about you, that believe in you, and then before you know it, and you work hard, you’ll get to exactly where you need to be.”

He closed with gratitude. “If it wasn’t for God, number one. Number two, my family, who support me. And number three, my supporters, my community — I wouldn’t be where I’m at right now,” he said. “Just stay focused, pursue it. I think it’s life-changing. It saved my life.”

This article was written in English. French and Haitian Creole translations were generated by AI software; the English version is authoritative. CTN uses AI to convert text to audio.

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