Joan Guzman

My Two Cents: Guzman, Wilder, Broner, Mayweather retirement

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broner6677By Gav Duthie: After being inactive for a little while on the writing front and a lack of top level boxing recently I thought I would give my thoughts on a few of the recent boxing stories in the press.

Joan Guzman retires

The wasted talent of Joan Guzman can only be blamed on one man, himself. The man from the Dominican Republic missed weight several times, failed drug tests and was extremely inactive through his career. Nevertheless I feel a sadness towards any boxer with unfulfilled potential.

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Joan Guzman: Fractured his right hand and left knee

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Image: Joan Guzman: Fractured his right hand and left kneeBy Reynaldo Sanchez: Joan Guzman lost yesterday on November 30th at The BB&T Center his unconquered record against the Russian Khabib Allakhverdiev and fall defeated in the judge’s cards by Technical Decision after 8 rounds. At the moment of the detention of the fight for injuries of the Dominican, the judges had his cards in this way; Michael Pernick 75-76: Nelson Vázquez 76-75: Mark Streisand 75-76.

This evening Saturday, December 1st the Joan Guzman team headed by the CEO of Acquinity Sports Gary Jonas, the promoter Henry Rivalta and the trainer German Caicedo and part of the boxer families. They were at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Florida, where the Dominican boxer was hospitalized and observed by doctors, and the medical report demonstrated that Guzmán, suffered double break in his right hand and a serious injury in the low part of your left knee (break) which will keep it convalescent for nearly 6 weeks and possibly it is submitted to surgery to solve all these problems.

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Joan Guzman: We know that Allakhverdiev is a tough test

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Image: Joan Guzman: We know that Allakhverdiev is a tough testBy Reynaldo Sanchez: On November 30th Joan Guzman will face Khabib Allakhverdiev to dispute the WBA super lightweight title. This fight will be the main event at the “KO to Drugs” card that Acquinity Sports together with The WBA and The BB&T Center will present in Sunrise, Florida.

Guzman’s team they knows the Russian is a very dangerous opponent, due to his power and aggressiveness. Guzman opened his training camp early for this title shot, along with his trainer German Caicedo “We are coming for that title, our goal is to physically be in the best shape possible, the rest Guzman will do” said Caicedo

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Rafael: Golden Boy offered HBO Khan-Guzman and was turned down

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Image: Rafael: Golden Boy offered HBO Khan-Guzman and was turned downBy William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions tried offering HBO a fight between Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) and 36-year-old former two division world champion Joan Guzman (33-0-1, 20 KO’s) but HBO wasn’t interested in televising that fight, according to Dan Rafael.

Rafael said on his twitter page “I was told Golden Boy boxing offered HBO a December fight between Amir Khan and Humberto Soto and was turned down.”

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Khan rejects Guzman: I want someone more credible than that

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Image: Khan rejects Guzman: I want someone more credible than thatBy William Mackay: Despite former two division world champion Joan Guzman (33-0-1, 20 KO’s) sporting an unbeaten record and a high ranking in the light welterweight division, Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) says he’s not interested in taking that fight because he doesn’t see Guzman as a viable alternative for his next fight on December 15th.

Khan said to the Manchester Evening News “I want someone who is a bit more credible than him. I’ve come from world title fights and he might be a bit below that…It will either be in England or American, December 15.”

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Khan to check New York for new trainer; says he won’t fight Joan Guzman next

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Image: Khan to check New York for new trainer; says he won't fight Joan Guzman nextBy William Mackay: Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) hasn’t decided whether to fight next in the UK or the United States for his upcoming December 15th fight date. However, does say he won’t be taking on 36-year-old Joan Guzman, as he’s looking for a better name. Khan also says he’ll be traveling to New York to look for a new trainer – to presumably replace Freddie Roach.

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Joan Guzman vs. Amir Khan a possibility in December

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Image: Joan Guzman vs. Amir Khan a possibility in DecemberBy William Mackay: Former two division world champion Joan Guzman (33-0-1, 20 KO’s) is reporting that he’s in negotiations for a fight against former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) for a fight that will take place in December if the fight can get made.

Guzman, #2 WBA, #4 IBF, told thaboxingvoice.com “I’m scheduled and in negotiations with Amir Khan.”

This kind of makes sense for Khan, because it’s a virtual minefield in the light welterweight division and unless he faces the right opponent, he could very well get knocked out again. Guzman, a former super bantamweight and super featherweight world champion, is starting to show age and he hasn’t had fought a quality opponent since he beat Ali Funeka in March of 2010.

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Ortiz and Peterson fight to a draw: Victor fails again

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Image: Ortiz and Peterson fight to a draw: Victor fails againBy Francisco Hernandez: Last night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Victor Ortiz barely escaped a defeat. Ortiz fought Lamont Peterson and the fight ended in a draw. Although Lamont Peterson is a brave fighter he was there to be knocked out by Victor Ortiz. Victor had Lamont hurt but failed to finish him off, instead Ortiz made the mistake of dancing side to side and away from Lamont. Boxing fans were perplexed why Ortiz would dance away from Lamont when Ortiz clearly had Lamont on the brink of a knockout.

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Funeka-Guzman II on March 27th

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Image: Funeka-Guzman II on March 27thBy Jim Dower: On March 27th, top lightweight contenders Ali Funeka (30-2-3, 25 KO’s) and Joan Guzman (29-0-1, 17 KO’s) will face each other in a rematch for the vacant International Boxing Federation lightweight bout at a still to be determined location. The two fighters met three months ago in November in a fight that ended in a controversial 12 round majority draw at the Pepsi Coliseum, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The final scores for the fight were 114-114, 116-112 for Funeka, and 114-114. However, many boxing fans felt that Funeka did more than enough to win the fight based on his much better work rate in the 2nd half of the fight.

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Super Six Lightweights: Part 5- The Final Guzman-Funeka II

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funeka5456By Peter Wells: After a great semi-final we come down to a grand final with a rematch between Joan Guzman 32-1-1 against Ali Funeka 34-2-3. Last time out they came to a controversial draw, where Funeka looked the clear winner, and now he has the chance to prove that. Funeka remains undefeated in the tournament beating Kevin Mitchell, Michael Katsidis, and Paulus Moses and stopping Edwin Valero in the semis. While Guzman has come out with the only defeat of his career to Edwin Valero while beating Michael Katsidis twice and Kevin Mitchell.

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