By Dan Ambrose: WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) successfully defended his title in beating former two division world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (32-3-1, 18 KOs) on Saturday night in Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions series at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were 120-107, 118-109 and 118-108.
Thurman knocked Guerrero down hard in the 9th round from a left hand to the head. Guerrero barely beat the count in getting up at the count of 9. Guerrero took a lot of punishment in the round and wound up suffering a cut on the side of his left eye. The referee Kenny Bayless looked like he was close to stopping it, but Guerrero did a good job of holding on and fighting back to get out of the round.