By Peter Wells: Not everything last night went as planned, as expected Robert Guerrero dominated the 38-year-old Joel Casamayor and took an easy decision apart from his last round scare, and Linares did enough to make Rocky Juarez’s late surge all for nothing. But it was Daniel Jacobs another promising star at Golden Boy Promotions (GBP), who slipped up on his big night.
Robert Guerrero
End of the line for Casamayor
By Kirk Jackson: Joel Casamayor certainly looked his age tonight against the younger fighter Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero. The fight in itself was boring, but there was one last flash of greatness from the all time Cuban great in the final round, when he sent ‘The Ghost‘ to the canvas off a counter right jab. The effort from Guerrero was lackadaisical, whether it is from distractions from his personal life or adjusting to the weight it’s beyond me. Maybe he was thrown off by his opponent’s southpaw stance, or legendary reputation of the former two division champion. Whatever was the case, Guerrero was able to defeat the former champion.
Casamayor-Guerrero: Can Joel pull out the stocks or will Robert end in his long journey
By Peter Wells: Tomorrow night (Saturday 31st July) there will be one of boxing’s PPV worthy shows, with not only a great main event but a cracking undercard to go with it. The Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas super show we see two world title fights and also two make or break fights. One of them is between veteran Cuban Joel Casamayor and a man with a lot to prove, Robert Guerrero. After 42 professional fights and nearly 14 years in the sport, the 39 year old has a lot to be proud of, and a win hear would cap it off. The main concern is if he does win, Casamayor, like so many others will think he is the new Bernard Hopkins and get a blunt defeat against a top class opponent to put a nasty bump in his record. I only want Casamayor to win if he retires after that, I don’t want to see another great fighter go out on his back.
Robert Guerrero pulls out of Katsidis fight – News
By Sean McDaniel: Super featherweight Robert Guerrero (25-1-1, 17 KO’s) has pulled out of his March 27th fight with World Boxing Organization lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (26-2, 21 KO’s), according to news from ESPN. Guerrero’s wife is ill and he wants to be with her. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer will now look for a substitute opponent for Guerrero.
Warren: Pacquiao-Khan a fight for the future; Guerrero Wants Martinez – News
By William Mackay: Frank Warren, the promoter for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, confirmed that he had a conversation with Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum not long ago about a fight between Khan and Pacquiao. However, Warren wasn’t interested in having the fight take place at this time, wanting the 22-year-old Khan to get more experience before fighting Pacquiao.
Juan Diaz vs Paulie Malignaggi – Round By Round
By Brian Blackwell: HBO Boxing After Dark – Houston, TX [Toyota Center]
Daniel Jacobs [17-0(15)] vs Ishe Smith [21-3(9)]
Guerrero Defeats Klassen, Captures IBF Super Featherweight title
By Jason Kim: Robert Guerrero (25-1-1, 17 KOs) defeated Malcolm Klassen (24-5-2, 14 KOs) tonight to capture Klassen’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) super featherweight title at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas. The final judges’ scores were 117-111, 116-113, 116-112.
Malignaggi vs. Diaz, Klassen vs. Guerrero on Saturday Night – News
By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Diaz (34-2, 17 KO’s) will be moving up in weight to take on former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (26-2, 5 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas. Diaz, 25, will be fighting in front of his home crowd and will be looking to turn things around with his stalling career.
Daud Yordan – a Younger Version of Pacquiao?
By Chris Williams: Perhaps the only fighter to come out shining from this Saturday’s bout in San Jose, California, was the undefeated Daud Yordan (23-0, 17 KOs), who gave super featherweight Robert Guerrero (23-1-1, 16 KOs) all he could handle until a cut above Guerrero’s right eye caused the early stoppage of the fight. The bout was stopped by the ringside doctor after a brief conversation with Guerrero at the side of the ring during which time the referee asked Guerrero if he wanted to continue.
Did Guerrero Quit Against Yordan?
By Chris Williams: I went into Saturday’s super featherweight matchup between former featherweight champion Robert Guerrero (23-1-1, 16 KOs) and his opponent Indonesian Daud Cino Yordan (23-0, 17 KOs) thinking that Guerrero would easily win the fight due to his power, skill, home town advantage and experience. However, the fight turned out to be the exact opposite of what I thought it would be, as Yordan showed incredible speed, excellent power and looked to be the sharper puncher of the two up until the fight was stopped due to a cut over the right eye of Guerrero in the 2nd.