- Robert Guerrero
Infobox Boxer
name=Robert Guerrero
realname=Robert Joseph Guerrero
nickname=The Ghost
nationality=flagicon|USA American
weight=Featherweight
height=5 ft. 8 in. (172 cm.)
birth_date=Birth date and age|1983|3|27|mf=y
birth_place=Gilroy, California
death_date=
death_place=
style=Southpaw
total=24
wins=22
KO=15
losses=1
draws=1
no contests=1|Robert Joseph Guerrero (born
March 27 ,1983 inGilroy, California ) is a professional boxer and is the former and two-time IBF featherweight champion of the world. Nicknamed The Ghost,Guerrero's current record is 22 wins, 1 losses, and 1 draw, and 1 no contest with 15 of his wins coming by way of knockout.Boxing career
After an impressive amateur career begun at a very young age, Guerrero turned professional, at the age of 18, on
May 22 ,2001 with a four-round unanimous decision win againstAlejandro Cruz . After several impressive wins and only a single draw later, Guerrero won the WBC NABF Featherweight title against Cesar Figueroa onDecember 9 ,2004 . Defending his NABF title twice, Guerrero was seen as a rising, premier prospect, until meeting Gamaliel Diaz in a bout televised onShoBox , on theShowtime channel, onDecember 12 2005 . A surprisingly aggressive Diaz upset Guerrero, winning by split decision and taking the NABF belt in the process.Guerrero rebounded from his first loss by defeating Sandros Marcos via third-round technical knock-out, setting up a rematch against Diaz, again on Showtime. Guerrero came out aggressive, knocking down Diaz in the first round, and eventually knocking out Diaz early in the sixth round. The win set him up to face IBF champion
Eric Aiken .In his first world championship fight on
September 2 2006 , Guerrero shined as he defeated Aiken by eight-round technical knockout inLos Angeles . Guerrero used inside fighting, neutralizing Aiken's power, and eventually making Aiken quit on his stool after the eighth round to earn his first world title belt.Guerrero lost the belt in his next fight in a mandatory defense to unheralded
Orlando Salido in Las Vegas. Salido dominated the majority of the bout and pulled off an upset decision win with scores of 115-113, 117-111, 118-110 [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2649925] . However, Salido would subsequently be stripped of the IBF title after testing positive for steroids, thus vacating the belt; the result of the bout would also be changed to a twelve-round no decision by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.The IBF subsequently gave Guerrero the shot at the vacant featherweight title, which he won by ninth-round technical knockout in
Copenhagen , Denmark on February 23, 2007, against local Spend Abazi.Guerrero's first defense of his second title was to be against
Rocky Juarez (27-3, 19 KOs); however, Juarez chose to meet WBC Super Featherweight ChampionJuan Manuel Márquez in a money fight instead. Guerrero's first defense was scheduled to be against Martin Honorio (24-3-1) on November 3, 2007, and was televised on Showtime, on the undercard of the Marquez-Juarez match. Guerrero was unable to attend the final press conference before the match after his wife was diagnosed withleukemia . Guerrero defeated Honorio in a first round knock-out.On
February 29 ,2008 , Guerrero defeatedJason Litzau via an eighth round knock out. [ [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jrD5HXVh1qiil0JapasmZGB8q34g AFP: Guerrero stops Litzau to retain IBF featherweight title ] ]Guerrero then vacated the title to move up in weight. [cite web
url=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3457551
title=Weight struggles force Guerrero to vacate featherweight belt
publisher=sports.espn.go.com
accessdate=2008-06-26]References
External links
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* [http://www.theghostguerrero.com/ Robert's official website]s-ttl | title=IBF Featherweight Champion
years=September 2 2006 –November 4 2006
-s-ttl | title=IBF Featherweight Champion
years=February 23 2007 –June 23 2008
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