Frank Ocean‘s Coachella performance didn’t put a bad taste in Rolly Romero‘s mouth … ’cause the boxer will be showing love for the singer during his fight against Ismael Barroso on Saturday!!
TMZ Sports is told … the lightweight fighter is a huge Ocean fan, so he hit up his go-to guy, Aztek Kustoms, to create boxing shoes featuring the Simpsons-inspired cover art of his favorite song — “Pyramids.”
The finished product is dope … you can see the Nike Machomai 2 shoes are covered in orange paint with “Channel” stitched with rhinestones on the back — paying homage to Ocean’s Channel Orange album.
There’s also a portrait of the 14-1 boxer in “Simpson” form with a female on the bed — just like the song’s cover — showing him rockin’ the same fur coat he wore during his press conference with Gervonta Davis last May.
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“These took me roughly 20 hours,” Aztek said. “Both of the portraits are hand-painted. And, of course, they wouldn’t be Rolly’s without the rhinestones.”
FYI, Aztek has created custom shoes featuring musicians for Rolly before — last May, he made “Purple Rain” shoes with Prince on them for the Davis fight.
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“These are both mine and his favorite pair so far,” Aztek said. “Just because we had a lot more time to actually talk about the design and put more detail into them.”
Aztek said the shoes were delivered a few days ago, but he’s stoked to watch Rolly show off his design during the 12-round match at The Cosmopolitan for the vacant WBA super lightweight title.
BTW, Romero told us he’s looking for a rematch with Tank … after he takes down Barroso.