Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Golden Boy Promotions, Boxing Rumors, HBO, FanHouse Exclusive
Southpaw lightweight (135 pounds) Robert Guerrero, of Gilroy, Calif., will meet Australia's Michael Katsidis in an HBO pay per view televised bout on April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on the under card of a Golden Boy Promotions main event featuring three-division titlist Erik Morales of Mexico and former WBA interim junior welterweight (140 pounds) titlist Marcos Rene Maidana of Argentina, Guerrero's manager, Bobby Santos, said during a phone call to Fanhouse.
A former two-time IBF featherweight (126 pounds) and one-time IBF super featherweight (130 pounds) titlist who is nicknamed, "The Ghost," the 27-year-old Guerrero (28-1-1, 18 knockouts) was slated to face the 30-year-old Katsidis (27-3, 22 KOs) in March of 2010 before pulling out of their clash to care for his wife, Casey Guerrero, who has since recovered from a life-threatening battle with leukemia thanks to a bone marrow transplant.
Casey was at ringside for her husband's most recent wins over 2004 Olympian Vicente Escobedo, in November, and for July's unanimous decision rout of former four-time world champion and Cuban Olympic gold medalist Joel Casamayor.
The card will also include a middleweight (160 pounds) bout during which 39-year-old southpaw former world champion Winky Wright (51-5-1, 25 KOs), of Saint Petersburg, Fla., will be ending a nearly two-year ring absence against 28-year-old Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19 KOs) of England.
Macklin is riding an 11-fight winning streak that includes six knockouts since last suffering defeat by 10th-round knockout against Jamie Moore in September of 2006.
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