Robert Joseph Guerrero was born on March 27,1983 and is an American professional boxer.
39 Facts About Robert Guerrero
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Robert Guerrero has held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF featherweight title twice between 2006 and 2008, and the IBF junior lightweight title from 2009 to 2010.
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An aggressive Diaz upset Robert Guerrero, winning by split decision and taking the NABF belt in the process.
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Robert Guerrero rebounded from his first loss by defeating Sandros Marcos via third-round technical knock-out, setting up a rematch against Diaz, again on Showtime.
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Robert Guerrero knocked down Diaz in the first round, and eventually knocking out Diaz early in the sixth round.
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Robert Guerrero used inside fighting, neutralizing Aiken's power, and eventually making Aiken quit on his stool after the eighth round to earn his first world title belt.
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Robert Guerrero lost the belt in his next fight in a mandatory defense to Orlando Salido in Las Vegas.
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The IBF subsequently gave Robert Guerrero the shot at the vacant featherweight title, which he won by ninth-round technical knockout in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 23,2007, against Albanian boxer Spend Abazi.
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Robert Guerrero was unable to attend the final press conference before the match after his wife Casey was diagnosed with leukemia.
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On February 29,2008, Robert Guerrero defeated Jason Litzau via an eighth round knock out.
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Robert Guerrero then vacated the title to move up in weight.
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On March 7,2009, Robert Guerrero fought Daud Yordan in his HBO debut.
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Robert Guerrero suffered another deep cut near his left eye from a head-butt in the seventh round, but this time it did not slow his progress as he scored an eighth round TKO victory.
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Robert Guerrero won the fight by a unanimous decision to claim the world title.
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In February 2010, Robert Guerrero vacated his Featherweight title in order to care for his ailing wife.
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On July 31,2010, Robert Guerrero moved up to the junior welterweight division and faced Cuban fighter Joel Casamayor on the undercard of the Marquez vs Diaz pay-per-view at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
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Robert Guerrero knocked Escobedo down in the third and sixth rounds en route to a ten-round unanimous decision.
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Robert Guerrero underwent surgery to repair the injury and was out of the ring for 6 months.
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Robert Guerrero returned to the ring by jumping two weight classes to face unbeaten top 10 welterweight Selcuk Aydin.
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On July 28,2012 Robert Guerrero defeated Aydin in San Jose, California by unanimous decision for the interim WBC welterweight title.
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Robert Guerrero's next fight was against former two-time Welterweight champion Andre Berto at the Citizens Bank Business Arena in Ontario, California.
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Robert Guerrero started off the fight fast, sending Berto to the canvas each of the first two rounds, as well as badly closing Berto's right eye early on.
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Berto got back into the fight during the middle rounds, landing hard uppercuts and right hands on Robert Guerrero, who took the punches well.
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Robert Guerrero had a purse of $1 million, while Berto's purse was $1.625 million.
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Robert Guerrero reportedly earned a career high of $3 million and the fight exceeded 1 million ppv buys.
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Robert Guerrero took off a full year before returning to the ring on June 21,2014 to fight Japanese boxer Yoshihiro Kamegai.
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Robert Guerrero was able to withstand Thurman's blows until he was knocked down in the ninth round.
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On June 6,2015 Robert Guerrero fought again on NBC as part of the "Premier Boxing Champions" series at StubHub Center, California, against the gritty Aron Martinez.
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On January 23,2016 Robert Guerrero fought on FOX as part of the "Premier Boxing Champions" series at Staples Center, California, against the undefeated Danny Garcia for the vacant WBC Welterweight Championship.
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Robert Guerrero started off impressive, but became less effective late in the fight falling to a 3rd career defeat in a welterweight title fight.
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Garcia landed 163 of 496 thrown, whilst Robert Guerrero landed 108 of 436 punches thrown.
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On May 23,2017 it was announced that Robert Guerrero would fight at the renovated Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York against undefeated former WBC lightweight champion Omar Figueroa Jr.
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The first boxing event to take place at the Coliseum in 31 years saw Robert Guerrero stopped in the third round in front of a crowd of 7,492.
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Robert Guerrero saw success in round 1, but the fight turned around when Figueroa landed a huge left hook knocking Robert Guerrero down and eventually handing him his third consecutive loss.
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Robert Guerrero had been on a decline, since losing to Floyd Mayweather in 2013.
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Robert Guerrero had only won two of his last six fights.
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Robert Guerrero ended his career with 33 wins out of 42 fights, including 18 wins coming inside the distance.
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On November 8,2018 Robert Guerrero surprisingly announced he would be returning to the boxing ring, stating he had 'some fight left' and wanting to further his legacy.
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Robert Guerrero was scheduled to fight 27-year-old Hungarian boxer Adam Mate in a 10-round welterweight bout.