Guerrero vs Klassen For IBF Title on HBO, August 22

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Malcolm "Stone" Klassen will make a voluntary defense of his IBF junior lightweight title against former champ Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero in the co-feature position on August 22 on HBO. The main event, set for the Toyota Centre in Houston, Texas, features a catch-weight bout between former champions Juan Diaz and Paulie Malignaggi. [details]

[buckdacious]

im happy the Ghost is getting another shot, just dont blow it. Win this fight then get Soto for a preety big fight.

[giacomino]

Surprised but happy to see Klassen break out of the South African, IBF junior lightweight merry-go-round of soft, hometown defenses to take a chance on a fight with Guerrero. I half-expected him to fight his first defense at home against the undeserving Javier Alvarez, since that's what Fana and Baloyi did. Klassen may be the least talented of the junior lightweight champs but he's got balls to put it on the line away from home against a legit opponent, something Fana and Baloyi wouldn't do.
To show how unusual that is, the IBF has already set up an eliminator for next month against Fana and another South African fighter. The winner will face the winner of Guerrero-Klassen

[Zarco]

i saw this coming. great hbo double header for that night.

[408mobsta]

cant wait 4 this...

[aristotlemoses]

This is going to be a great night of boxing.
Hopefully nobody gets injured during training haha.

[Iceta]

Those South Africans that have traded the IBF title are the weakest links at 130. The fact that Guerrero is fighting this chump lowers my opinion of him even more on top of the fact that he quit in his last fight on HBO. You've got guys like Soto and Linares, and Golden Boy gives us a **** fight like this. Guerrero struck me as a stand up guy when he knocked out Martin Honario while his wife was struck with cancer. But he rubbed a lot of boxing fans the wrong way with that bail out against the Indonesian guy. I've also got zero interest in watching a Diaz-Paulie fight.

[408mobsta]

i see what ur saying but the other dudes that u name dont wanna fight him cuz they want hella money....thats the problem rite there trust me the ghost camp wants them big fights...so when u he ko's this dude pn aug 22...they got no choice but 2 fight him jus watch...aug 22 they gunna have 2 fight ghost..

[Dambala]

Things hasn't been so good for Guerrero lately, I hope he wins this one and then rematch the NC guy and fight one of the top names of the division. He has a lot of talent just bad luck.