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GUERRERO MOVES UP TWO WEIGHT DIVISIONS, CAPTURES WBC INTERIM WELTER TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz PhilBoxing.com Sun, 29 Jul 2012
Robert ?The Ghost? Guerrero who has in the past called out Fighter of the Decade Manny Pacquiao moved up two divisions to welterweight and captured the vacant WBC Interim title with a unanimous decision over previously undefeated Selcuk ?Mini Tyson? Aydin at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
Guerrero, a former three-division world champion used his speed to advantage against the Turkish fighter and was far more aggressive before a cheering hometown crowd.
Guerrero was the former IBF featherweight and super featherweight champion and captured the WBA/WBO lightweight interim title with a unanimous decision over Michael Katsidis last April 9, 2011.
While the win was impressive Guerrero hardly displayed any recognizable punching power at 147 pounds while Aydin was clearly the stronger puncher and caight Guerrero with some solid blows in the later rounds.
However, Aydin?s effort was too little too late and all three judges had Guerrero who now moves up to 29-1-1 with 18 knockouts, a comfortable winner.
Max DeLuca and Mark Green scored the fight for Guerrero 116-112 while Michael Tate had Guerrero the winner 117-111.
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