Comments Thread For: Guerrero: Arum Trying To Down Play My Mayweather Shot

[Leohappy]

NABF featherweight title
IBF featherweight title
IBF super featherweight title
vacant WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title
interim WBA World lightweight title
interim WBO lightweight title

notice the words 'featherweight' and 'lightweight'.
of course canelo has even worse credentials, but he'd at least have a puncher's chance.
both fights suck though. i pity people who would pay for a PPV like that.

[DrewWoodside]

As previously reported, former champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero (29-1-1, 18KOs), along with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (39-0, 29Kos), are the two frontrunners to face WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs) on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. In a recent article by BoxingScene's Ronnie Nathanielsz, Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum criticized a possible fight between Mayweather and Guerrero. Arum doesn't expect the fight to generate much business.

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I've seen all of his HBO fights, but looking at his press clippings recently.. Who the **** is Robert Guerrero??

[rambov]

They spinnin n@#$% , they spinnin

[Queen_Leia]

Robert deserves this fight. He's done more than Canelo and he'll be more competitive against Floyd. The boxing experts believe this fight will be competitive so who are we to argue. Why would Golden Boy put Canelo in there with Floyd when he's making good money fighting the kermit Cintrons of the world. Doesnt make no sense. Plus Guerrero is a southpaw and why not fight anther one if your Mayweather if you really want the Pacquiao fight. Guerrero makes perfect sense!

Here the problem with the Ghost -

1. He's only ever fought at 135 and below. Another issue is the best person he's fought at 135 is The Great, to put that in perspective, Rickster, Baby Bull, Dinamita and El Cepillo have beaten The Great.

2. The best fighter he's ever fought is probably Stone. Siri beat him up and the decision was overturned because Siri tested positive for steroids. I also saw him on HBO where he the announcers questioned his guts as he quit against Cino. Then I saw Ghost get knocked down by a jab by a shot El Cepillo.

3. He holds no physical advantages that would offset Money such as blazing handspeed or crushing power. He doesn't hold stylistic advantages either, Dinamita is a better all around fighter and couldn't touch Money. Ghost is an inch taller than Dinamita thats his only advantage.

4. He can't draw flies.

5. Everyone wants to see Pacman-Money. Providing that can't happen Junito, Canelo and Maravilla are either better equipped (Canelo) if not much better fighters (Junito, Maravilla)...although Maravilla should pick on someone his own size.