By Ryan Burton
Earlier this week it was announced that former multi-division champion Robert Guerrero (33-5-1) would return to the ring on July 15th against unbeaten Omar Figueroa (26-0-1) at the NYCB LIVE's Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island. The fight will headline a FOX/FOX Deportes tripleheader that will be rounded with Marcus Browne facing Seanie Monaghan and Artur Szpilka-Adam Kownacki.
The 34-year-old Guerrero will be attempting to bounce back from back to back defeats against Danny Garcia and David Peralta.
After the victory over Guerrero, which was very competitive fight, Garcia stopped an over matched Samuel Vargas before losing a close decision in a unification bout versus Keith Thurman.
Guerrero's trainer and father Ruben thought the Thurman-Garcia fight was okay but didn't produce the action that his son did when he fought both men.
"It was an alright fight but it wasn't like the way it was with Robert. They had too much respect for each other, back and forth. They didn't really come to fight. They came to respect each other so that isn't great for the people. You need to come to fight - like Robert Guerrero. He comes to fight. He makes you run and makes you go back. All of the guys that fight Robert want to win by points. They don't want to stand in front of Robert. No way," Guerrero explained.
After losing to Garcia, which Robert and Ruben feel was a bad decision, they asked for a rematch. So far that hasn't came to fruition but Ruben wants to make it clear that if everything goes well versus Figueroa that they are still very open to facing Garcia again.
"I would love to fight them again but that is up to them. If they want to make that decision. They know what happened to him the last time and everyone knows it. They gave them that fight," Guerrero told BoxingScene.com.
"Nobody wants to give Robert a rematch because they know what to expect in the rematch. That is why nobody would ever give him a rematch. Not even Mayweather, Garcia, Thurman, not Berto. They know what Robert can do. He does damage. Nobody wants to give a rematch. He hits hard and they know it"
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