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08/13/2007 Archived Entry: "Ghost is Ready for Brawl"
Ghost is Ready for Brawl
By Josh Koehn
Gilroy Dispatch
Roberto Guerrero
GILROY, Calif. - Sometimes it doesn't matter who you are, but who you know.
Despite being a two-time IBF Featherweight champion at the young age of 24, Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero - a clean-cut, rising star in a sport in dire need of marketable stars - was passed over for the main event on Golden Boy Promotions' "Fireworks" HBO PPV card in Las Vegas in favor of Rocky Juarez. Juarez was supposed to fight Guerrero in the Gilroy champ's Sept. 15 title defense, but when Jorge Barrios backed out of the main event against Juan Marquez due to a medical condition, Golden Boy selected the fighter it represents - Juarez - to replace Barrios.
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