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By Paul Strauss: The anticipation was high for a great night of boxing. How could it be anything else when you have Robert Guerrero, James Kirkland and Victor Ortiz fighting? Well, as the night unfolded, there was one disappointment after another. First, the HP Pavilion (The Tank) crowd got a blow to their enthusiasm when local hero Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero suffered a fight ending cut as the result of an accidental head butt.
The cut was over the right eye, and it was shaped like Angelina Jolie's lower lip and was about as inviting, but only to his opponent Daud Cino Yordan. After their clash of heads, blood immediately flowed into the eye and affected The Ghost's vision. When the fighters came out of the collision, Robert immediately rubbed his right glove by the eye, gesturing to referee John Shorle, who acknowledged that an accidental head butt caused the injury.
A few more seconds passed, and then the referee stopped the action, and walked Guerrero to a corner where the ringside physician could look at the wound. At first the doctor didn't seemed inclined to stop the fight, but the referee said," It's right above the eye", and Guerrero seconded him, adding that "(I) he (can't) couldn't see". The doctor nodded his agreement and the referee stopped the fight.
Strange as it may sound, it might have been a good thing for Robert. Granted, no one realistically knows how the rest of the fight might have progressed, but up until that point, Yordan was giving Robert fits. He was too fast and elusive for this Ghost. He fired off good combinations, and his speed of foot and hands was too much for Robert. Early on in the fight, Robert was trying to press the action, but was a fraction too slow. He also was over extending, and smothering his own efforts. It also was placing his head in danger, because Yordan too was purposely moving inward to smother the Ghost.
Just a little unimportant side light to the action, be advised that the official ending time to the contest is 1:47 of the 2nd round. However, the referee first acknowledged the accidental head butt at 1:13 of the round, and by the time the referee had checked with the doctor, and stopped the fight, the clock was at least 1:55 of the round. How or why they settled on 1:47 is a somewhat of a mystery?
The cut was over the right eye, and it was shaped like Angelina Jolie's lower lip and was about as inviting, but only to his opponent Daud Cino Yordan. After their clash of heads, blood immediately flowed into the eye and affected The Ghost's vision. When the fighters came out of the collision, Robert immediately rubbed his right glove by the eye, gesturing to referee John Shorle, who acknowledged that an accidental head butt caused the injury.
A few more seconds passed, and then the referee stopped the action, and walked Guerrero to a corner where the ringside physician could look at the wound. At first the doctor didn't seemed inclined to stop the fight, but the referee said," It's right above the eye", and Guerrero seconded him, adding that "(I) he (can't) couldn't see". The doctor nodded his agreement and the referee stopped the fight.
Strange as it may sound, it might have been a good thing for Robert. Granted, no one realistically knows how the rest of the fight might have progressed, but up until that point, Yordan was giving Robert fits. He was too fast and elusive for this Ghost. He fired off good combinations, and his speed of foot and hands was too much for Robert. Early on in the fight, Robert was trying to press the action, but was a fraction too slow. He also was over extending, and smothering his own efforts. It also was placing his head in danger, because Yordan too was purposely moving inward to smother the Ghost.
Just a little unimportant side light to the action, be advised that the official ending time to the contest is 1:47 of the 2nd round. However, the referee first acknowledged the accidental head butt at 1:13 of the round, and by the time the referee had checked with the doctor, and stopped the fight, the clock was at least 1:55 of the round. How or why they settled on 1:47 is a somewhat of a mystery?
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