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A formal [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of a 1,6-enyne with 2-bromophenylboronic acid has been realized to construct a multi-substituted dihydronaphthalene scaffold, in which the direct reductive elimination mechanism of aryl-Rh(III)-Csp3 species has been established to form an aryl-Csp3 bond.