By Rick Reeno
Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero (31-2-1, 18KOs) sent several text messages to Victor Ortiz (29-4-2, 22KOs), challenging his Golden Boy stablemate to a welterweight showdown in the fall.
Guerrero asked Ortiz to have his manager, Al Haymon, put the wheels in motion. At a recent Showtime photo shoot, Ortiz advised Guerrero that he signed a managerial agreement with Haymon. Two additional sources have also told BoxingScene.com that Ortiz advised them as well of the new deal with Haymon.
There has been some talk about Ortiz facing former three division champion Shane Mosley in the fall. Guerrero is not a fan of the match.
"Man up Vic, let's see who's Cali's best. Have Haymon call my manager. It's [an] easy [fight] to make. Mosley is old and don't you want a Floyd rematch? Come prove it, beat me," Guerrero issued in a text message.
Ortiz, at least during their text message exchange, had no problem with the fight.
"I'm up for it! I can do that for sure broham," Ortiz replied.
Guerrero is coming off a May twelve round decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Ortiz was stopped by Mayweather in four rounds in September 2011 and then he was stopped, due to a broken jaw, against Josesito Lopez last June. The jaw injury took most of 2012, and early 2013, to fully heal.
