Robert Guerrero: record, next fight and profile →
According to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, former champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero would certainly be "in the mix" for a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. - if a possible mega-match with Manny Pacquiao falls through. Mayweather is scheduled to return on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
We recently welcomed three division world champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero to The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene.com's official audio show. Guerrero had a shoulder injury this summer that forced him to pull out of a showdown versus Marcos Maidana. The injury required subsequent surgery. Guerrero said that his rehabilitation is going well and that on January 1st he will be able to go full bore in training.
BoxingScene.com's audio show, Boxing Lab Radio , returns with another packed show. The show is hosted by BoxingScene correspondants Ernest Gabion, Luis Sandoval and Ryan Burton.
On Saturday afternoon, former champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero made a perfect prediction for the big weekend fight. He selected Lamont Peterson to win a close split decision over Amir Khan to capture the WBA/IBF junior welterweight titles in Washington, DC. The fight played like out like Guerrero pictured, with Khan starting fast but quickly going on his bike and Peterson rallying forward to score points. After twelve rounds, Peterson pulled off the upset - by split decision.
Former champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero has challenged Amir Khan to a high stakes battle in early 2012. Khan defends his WBA/IBF junior welterweight titles against Lamont Peterson on Saturday night in Washington, DC. After Peterson, Khan plans to invade the welterweight ranks. Both Khan and Guerrero are chasing a lucrative date with WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., who returns on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Luis Sandoval catches up with former champion Robert Guerrero to get the latest with his next upcoming fight, some of his targets, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Amir Khan and more.
Amir Khan is still pondering whether to move up to welterweight following his showdown with Lamont Peterson on December 10. Bolton's finest has already picked up the WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles, and freely admits that the clash with Peterson in Washington DC could be his last at 140lbs.
Former champion Robert Guerrero was shaking his head after reading the recent comments that were made by WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Amir Khan, who in a recent interview told reporters that Juan Manuel Marquez refused to fight him earlier in the year. Guerrero, citing Khan's own comments, says the British boxer turned him down earlier this year, and instead took what Guerrero believes was an easier fight against Zab Judah. Before he reached an agreement with Judah, Khan told British reporters that Judah was a lackluster opponent and Guerrero made a lot more sense.
In the second part of his interview with BoxingScene.com, former champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero discusses the shoulder injury that forced him to withdraw from a scheduled fight with Marcos Maidana, the personal hardships of preparing for fights while his wife Casey was battling cancer, and much more.
After hearing Amir “King” Khan’s declaration yesterday about never having backed out of a fight, WBA/WBO interim lightweight champion Robert Guerrero took exception to the unified junior welterweight titlist’s comments.