Roberto Guerrero - How good is he?

The Featherweight Robert Guerrero recently took out some journeyman in the first round, and will probably be most remembered for being IBF champion and knocking out Jason Litzau. He had a bit of a lay off due to his wife being diagnosed with cancer, but I really like the look of this kid. I think he has what it takes to be a real force at 126, and he has a big enough build to go up to 135.

Any thoughts?

 

I would have liked to have seen him clear out 126 before moving up, but you're right, Soto vs Guerrero is a great fight. I would favour Robert because I think he has the more polished skills, and looks to be able to take a good shot himself. I like Guerrero.

 

I think if anything, the 130lb division will prove that Guerrero was struggling to make weight at 126, and that he is one of those cases where a fighter gets better and better. Lots of great fighters from the past started off with losses, but Guerrero overturned that loss with an easy KO in the rematch.

As far as being KO'd, he has never been knocked out.

Robert is a big guy, and you can see that with his frame he could be fighting at 140 in the future. He will be better at 130lb.

 

There was no knockout, it was a decision. His opponent was on steroids.

 

Not all fighters start off great, but Guerrero is clearly a better fighter than when he was fighting a steroid user in Salido at 126lb.

I don't rate Soto too highly, I think he was dominated by Guzman, and hasn't beat any world class fighters.

Gamboa is getting knocked down by every fighter he has fought, he is clearly open to counters even from fighters with lesser handspeed than himself.

Linares has stopped fighting live competition, so it is hard to grasp how good he really is.

I think it is easy to look on Boxrec and come to the conclusion that Guerrero is the type of fighter to lose at the highest level. However, I've seen a few of his recent fights, and too me, he was either struggling at 126 or he is just improving with every fight. Good handspeed, he's a big strong Featherweight/Super-Featherweight, that has decent shot variation with the left straight and uppercut. Good power, knocking everybody out at the moment.

I'll be interested to see how he developes.