Three-weight champion Robert Guerrero is hoping to position himself as the next fighter to challenge Floyd Mayweather with a victory over Selcuk Aydin in San Jose, California this summer.
QUOTES FROM TODAY'S ROBERT GUERRERO VS. SELCUK AYDIN PRESS CONFERENCE IN SAN JOSE, CALIF. Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero, Former Three-Division World Champion "Selcuk is coming to the United States and he wants to prove a point. He's an unknown Turkish guy who was ducked by Floyd Mayweather and now he's coming to fight and make a huge statement. This is his chance for him to prove to American boxing fans that he's the real deal.
Former Three-Division World Champion Robert Guerrero (Right) and undefeated number one rated WBC welterweight contender (Left On Screen) pose on May 10, 2012 in San Jose, California at the press conference to officially announce their July 28, 2012 fight for the WBC Interim Welterweight World Championship at HP Pavilion in San Jose which will be televised live on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing. Photos by Tom Hogan/Hoganphotos.
LOS ANGELES - The wait is finally over. After an injury-plagued 2011 campaign, Three-Division World Champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero will return to the ring on Saturday, July 28 at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. to face unbeaten power puncher Selcuk "Mini Tyson" Aydin for the vacant WBC Interim Welterweight World Championship in a fight to be televised live on SHOWTIME.
Floyd Mayweather will not be sauntering through the HP Pavilion tunnel with his signature swagger on July 28th, but Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero is finding out that Selcuk Aydin might be a fitting opponent after all.
Five-time world champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero (29-1-1, 18 KOs), of Gilroy, California, has signed to fight undefeated WBC No. 1 ranked contender, Selcuk "Mini Tyson" Aydin (23-0, 17 KOs), of Hamburg, Germany, for the WBC interim welterweight title. The fight is scheduled for July, 28, at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. and will be televised live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
After three years of waiting for his mandatory title shot, unbeaten Selcuk Aydin (23-0, 17 KOs) will face Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero (29-1-1, 18 KOs) on July 28th for the WBC interim world welterweight championship. Aydin had secured his position as No. 1 contender with a KO victory over "Sugar" Jackson Bonsu back in July 2009 but was forced to fight Canada based Romanian Jo Jo Dan twice for the WBC Silver Championship instead of getting a shot at the big green and gold belt.
The World Boxing Council's Secretary General, Mauricio Sulaiman, spoke with BoxingScene.com to explain the situation surrounding the WBC welterweight title and the championship status of the current beltholder, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs).
World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman has revealed to BoxingScene.com that Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs) will lose his status as the WBC welterweight champion, because the boxer is moving up to junior middleweight to fight Miguel Cotto for the WBA championship on May 5th, and then Mayweather will spend three months in jail for a domestic abuse charge.
BoxingScene.com has been advised that super featherweight Eloy Perez (23-1, 7KOs) will look to bounce back from Saturday's fourth round knockout loss to Adrien Broner on the undercard of the Showtime televised clash beetween Robert Guerrero and WBC silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin.