Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero

Alias: The Ghost
Nationality: US American
Hometown: Gilroy, CA, USA
Born: 1983-03-27                                                                                               Stance: Southpaw
Height: 5′ 8″
Reach: 178                                                                                                           Trainer: Ruben Guerrero (father)                                                                          Manager: Shelly Finkel, Bob Santos                                                                   Cut Man: Ruben Gomez
Official Homepage: http://www.theghostguerrero.com

__________________________________________________________________________________________________ROBERT GUERRERO RETAINS IBF FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE WITH SCINTILLATING EIGHTH-ROUND KO OVER JASON LITZAU

TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION
ROBERT "THE GHOST" GUERRERO

Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at 11 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME
Tachi Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California
Photos by Daisy Rosas

LEMOORE, Calif. (March 1, 2008) - Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero produced perhaps the finest performance of his career Friday when he successfully defended his International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title with an exciting eighth-round knockout over Jason "The American Boy'' Litzau in a thrilling one-sided war in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME.

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Camp Notes
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero
TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION
ROBERT "THE GHOST" GUERRERO

Gilroy Ca, February 18, 2008
Photo by Laura De La Torre

With less than two weeks left before his second title defense, two-time world champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero (21-1-1, 14 KO's) prepares for the biggest fight of his life when he battles Jason "The American Boy" Litzau (23-1, 19 KO's) at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore CA on February 29th, 2008.

"This is going to be a great fight for the fans" said Guerrero who's knocked out thirteen of his last fourteen opponents. "Everyone knows we both throw bombs so most likely someone's going down. One thing we all know, Litzau is fighting in his first world title fight, so you know he's bringing everything he's got. Me, I'm fighting for my wife and family. Nothings going to stop me from getting what I want and that's the victory."

When asked about training camp, Robert went on to say, "Everything were working on in camp is geared toward Litazu. My dad and I are working extremely hard. We've seen some holes in his defense that we want to expose. I'm doing all my road work in the Gilroy Mountains, while getting great sparring from the local pros up here. I feel like a machine. I'm ready for war."

This bout will be televised on SHOWTIME (Shobox: The New Generation, 11:00 p.m. ET/PT delayed on the west coast). Goossen Tutor Promotions, LLC and the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino are proud to be promoting this world title bout. For ticket information call the Tachi Palace at (559) 924-7751

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Mario Serano
Publicist ~ Robert "The Ghost" Guerero
boxingpublicist@aol.com
(408) 607-5756 Direct

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OPEN WORKOUT TO THE PUBLIC
WITH WORLD CHAMPIONS
ROBERT GUERRERO AND CARINA MORENO

Gilroy Ca, Feb. 6, 2008 Two-Time world champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero and WBC Female "Fighter of the Year" Carina "La Reina" Moreno will hold an open workout for the public from 11am-1pm Saturday February 9, 2008 at the Krutar Boxing Gym located at 1715(C) Freedom Blvd. Watsonville ,CA. The two warriors are scheduled to fight February 29, 2008 at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore CA. Guerrero will defend his title against Jason "The American Boy" Litzau, while Moreno is working on a new opponent. For ticket information call the Tachi Palace at (559) 924-7751 or visit www.GoossenTutor.com                  Contact: Mario Serrano Publicist boxingpublicist@aol.com 408-607-5756

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ROBERT "THE GHOST" GUERRERO SPARRING SESSION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco CA
January 29, 2008
Two-time world champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero comes to the University of San Francisco (USF) to show support for the 2008 USA Boxing Championships taking place February 1-3. On Wednesday January 30, 2008 at 1:30 pm, Guerrero will hold a sparring session on campus at Hagan Gym located at 222 Stanyan St. in San Francisco.
Guerrero, who will be defending his title against Jason "The American Boy" Litzau on February 29, 2008 at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore CA, will spar against undefeated hot prospect Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield, Adrian "A-Game" Gallon Jr., Otis "Hitz" Seymore along with this weekend's favorite in the welterweight division, Alex Paracha. All fighters box out of the SFC boxing club located in the downtown district of San Francisco.
The 2008 USA Boxing Championships will showcase the best amateur boxers from across Northern California, all who'll be competing to qualify for the regional finals. Competition runs Feb. 1 at 7 pm, Feb. 2 at 2 pm, and Feb. 3 at noon.
Tickets can be purchased at the door on the day of the event: $10 for students, $25 for general admission and $50 for ringside. For more information, call Angelo Merino at (415) 422-2773 or Candy Lopez at (408) 806-2455.
Contact: Mario Serrano Publicist boxingpublicist@aol.com 408-607-5756

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Wife's Illness Doesn't Knock Guerrero out of the Ring!

Released by:Mario Serrano Publicist
By:Greg Beacham / Associated Press

GILROY, Calif. -- Robert Guerrero's world is calm during his dawn training runs in the Diablo Range's rambling foothills.
Guerrero, the International Boxing Federation featherweight champion, relishes the daily grind of roadwork amid the faint garlic aroma that always hangs in his hometown's cool air.
"You get used to it after a while, but when you go out of town and come back, you smell it again," Guerrero says. "I like to smell it now."
When the fighter known since childhood as "The Ghost" returns to his home a few miles away, the calm recedes just like that familiar fragrance. The holiday season has been both more frightening and more joyous than anything he's ever known.
Casey Guerrero, his wife and the mother of their two children, was diagnosed with leukemia less than two weeks before fighting Martin Honorio last month.
He spent several nights sleeping on the floor of a hospital room before the fight, and he didn't get to Tucson, Ariz., until the day before the bout. In the nervous moments before heading into an unfriendly ring at a desert casino, his father crystallized his purpose.
"This is what puts your food on the table," Ruben Guerrero told his son. "This is what's going to pay your medical bills for your wife."
After the Arizona fans booed his name, the Ghost knocked out Honorio 56 seconds into the first round with one stunning punch -- and two hours later, he was on his way back home to Casey.
Running the house
He's spent the eight weeks since his victory in a whirlwind of motion and emotion. When he's not shuttling Casey to doctors' visits in the Bay Area, he's practicing the finer points of changing diapers or putting a 2-year-old girl's hair into a ponytail -- and he never lets himself get out of shape.
"I've got a lot of responsibility on me," Guerrero says. "A lot of people are counting on me to do my best at everything I need to do, so I don't want to let anybody down. My father, my wife, my children, my team -- everybody is counting on me."
With ample support from his family and in-laws, Guerrero, a 24-year-old champion, is juggling his duties as a fighter, a husband, a father, and a brother to another aspiring boxer with dreams of glory. Guerrero hasn't dropped anything.
"He's a tough kid, but nobody would know how to react to that," says Ruben Guerrero, who's also his son's trainer. "It's a big shock when they tell you your wife has cancer, and they don't know if she's going to die. It was tough for everybody to deal with."
Humble outlook His father suspects the third of his four fighting sons was particularly well equipped to handle such a challenge. Aside from his inherited discipline, he seems to be that rare boxer without a grandiose bone in his body, which is dramatically skinny even when he isn't making weight.

He doesn't wear jewelry or gaudy clothing, and he still lives in humble Gilroy, venturing away only for training and fights. Fittingly, his favorite boxer is Salvador Sanchez, the underdog Mexican featherweight who became a surprise world champion before dying at 23 in a 1982 car crash.
"The people around me keep me focused on boxing instead of the other stuff," Guerrero says. "Casey plays a big role in that, and so does my father."
Ruben Guerrero was a Golden Gloves champion in Texas and San Francisco before raising his family in Gilroy. When young Robert showed an interest in the hurting business, Ruben developed a plan to maximize his wiry son's potential -- everything from a strict early morning training regimen to a stringent diet.
Though Robert has worked with Freddie Roach and Joe Goossen, his father is still in charge.
"I'll hear him knocking on the door at 4 a.m., saying, 'Come on, we'll drink coffee and wait for the sun to rise,' " Robert says. "He pushed me. He still does."
After a steady rise through the amateur ranks and a near-miss with the U.S. Olympic team, Guerrero won the IBF title in September 2006 when Eric Aiken quit on his stool. Guerrero lost the belt to Orlando Salido two months later -- but Salido tested positive for steroids, voiding the result.
When Casey gave birth to their son, Robert, 10 months ago, Guerrero was in Denmark reclaiming the vacant title by beating Spend Abazi, even winning cheers from Abazi's home crowd with a ninth-round knockout.
Strong support
Casey and Robert have been together since their early days at Gilroy High School. She backed his progression through a dangerous sport, and her illness shook him in ways his support team couldn't have guessed from his wordless focus in Tucson.
"I was talking to her on the phone, and she was asking exactly what time I was fighting," Guerrero says. "I told her, and she said, 'OK, I'll be praying at exactly 7 o'clock. Don't think about me. Just think about what you have to do.' That's the way she is."
And Guerrero believes he'll have Casey's support for the rest of his life. Two weeks ago, on her 24th birthday, Casey learned her leukemia was in remission.
Until Casey makes a full recovery, the Ghost will keep doing the right thing for his family and his profession. Between the dawn runs and the evening's fatherly duties, Guerrero even finds time to spar with his 15-year-old brother, Randy, who recently stopped playing baseball and basketball to box.
"I get him real good sometimes," Robert Guerrero says with a laugh. "I'm just coming off a fight, so I'm in great shape, but he says, 'I'm ready for you.' We'll see."

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Guerrero Takes Care of Business in 56 Seconds!

By: Jason Sardelis

IBF featherweight champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero 21-1-1, 14 Ko’s took only 56 seconds to stop #5 ranked mandatory challenger Martin Honorio 24-4-1, 14 Ko’s. “The Ghost” who earlier in the week was informed his 23 year old wife had been diagnosed with cancer came to fight after his Casey urged him to take care of business.

                       Guerrero who is known for his hand and foot speed and devastating body attack certainly took care of business dropping Honorio with a vicious straight left hand to the chin causing referee Tony Weeks to call the bout as the valiant Mexican challenger could not regain his balance. The genuine, down to earth, truly religious young man is clearly a future star in this game. Guerrero’s next likely opponent Rocky Juarez lost a unanimous decision to Juan Manuel Marquez in the main event after receiving a deep gash over his left eye by an accidental clash of heads in the first round.

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Career

Robert Guerrero professional boxer whose surname in Spanish translates to "Warrior". He was born March 27, 1983 in Gilroy, California to pround parents Ruben and Marcy Guerrero. “The Ghost”is a deadly southpaw and is the current and two time IBF Featherweight Champion of the World. Nicknamed “The Ghost”, Guerrero carries a record of 20-1-1,13 ko’s. “The Ghost” had a long and outstanding amateur career. He was only 15-years-old when he won the gold medal at the national Junior Olympics and entered the 2000 United States Olympic trials at age 16 the youngest boxer ever to fight in the Olympic trials. He lost to eventual Olympic games bronze medallist and then 21-year-old, Clarence Vinson in the semi-finals. Vinson was also the 1997 and 1998 United States amateur Flyweight champion and the 1999 United States Amateur Bantamweight champion (Vinson presently is 16-2 with 7 ko’s as a pro). In April of 2001, at age 18 Guerrero made his pro debut and scored a four-round decision over Alex Ramirez (Alejandro Cruz). Guerrero who had only one Ko in his first eight bouts put three together opening the eyes of all those in the division. Guerrero hit a small glitch in his twelfth bout when referee Lou Filippo ruled the fight a technical draw when Rodriguez was unable to continue after getting hit on the break. The Ghost came back Fast and furious scoring two straight Ko’s, one being an eight round stoppage of former world champion Enrique Sanchez. Guerrero added the NABF title, two defenses and three more ko’s in fights 15-18. In fight 19 Guerrero lost his NABF belt by split decision to tough Gamaliel Diaz. “The Ghost” then stopped Sandro Marcos in a comeback bout and followed up by stopping then Gamaliel Diaz in a rematch taking back the NABF title. Guerrero dropped the previously steady Diaz twice then finished him with a paralyzing left to the solar plexus in the sixth round of the scheduled twelve rounder. Guerrero challenged champion Erik Aiken for the IBF featherweight title on 9-02-2006. “The Ghost” dominated "Mighty Mouse" Aiken from the opening bell and ended the one-sided bout in the 8th round scoring TKO to claim the IBF featherweight championship. Guerrero lost the belt in his next fight in a mandatory defense to Orlando Salido the winner of 14 of his last 15 fights, 9 of them by stoppage. Salido dominated the majority of the bout and pulled off a major upset victory by the scores of 115-113, 117-111, 118-110. Salido after the fight would be stripped of the IBF title and the fight with Guerrero would be scored a no contest after salido tested positive for steroids. “The Ghost” recaptured the IBF featherweight title, stopping Denmark's Spend Abazi 35-1, 10 Ko’s in his homeland. Guerrero 20-1, beat up Abazi planting him in the third and fifth rounds. Abazi continued to take a beating then finally gave up after the eighth round with a deep cut around his right eye.

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Robert and Ruben working with Jay from Team Green

Some down time in Big Bear, all work and no play makes Robert a Dull Boy!

"The Ghost" working "D" with Jay