| Guerrero wins IBF title! |
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| Saturday, 02 September 2006 | |
 Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero (19-1-1 12 KO's) defeated Eric Aiken (16-5 12 KO's) to win the IBF featherweight title. Eric was unable to answer the bell for the ninth round, due in part to a probable broken right hand suffered by Aiken.
Robert had some extra motivation for this fight. He wasn't happy about a comment that Aiken had made in the past. Guerrero claimed, "He (Aiken) said that he was going to knock me out and he said it as if I wasn't a fighter at all." Through eight punishing rounds, Guerrero showed Aiken what kind of fighter he is. "The Ghost" revealed that fighting for the championship wasn't like any other fight that he has experienced in his career. "Leading up to the fight," he said, "There was a feeling I never felt before. It felt weird, fighting for the world title. It was exciting. A charge of energy went through me." Guerrero was able to handle the pressure because he had an effective game plan and he stuck to it. He claimed, "The plan was to walk him down and break him down with body shots and mix it all up and work behind my jab and keep him moving back," and that is exactly what he did. Aiken is probably having nightmares right now about left uppercuts to the body. Guerrero said that he will leave it up to his team to figure out who he will fight next. It must be difficult to think of anything, let alone, who you will fight next, after winning a major professional boxing title for the first time. Robert Guerrero stated in a haze of satisfaction, "I'm overwhelmed....I've worked for this all my life, and now I'm world champ... It hasn't sunk in yet." |
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