Salt Lake City, Utah,
After two previous wins, Alex Guerrero continued on his streak to Thursday night win a big performance over David Imoesiri of Nevada. The win puts Guerrero, (older brother to Fernando Guerrero) in the semi finals of the National Golden Gloves, that will be held Friday. Coming out in the first round, Guerrero landed a clean hard left hook that sent Imoesiri to the canvas. After an 8 count he was taken to his corner where a good deal of time was spent replacing his mouthpiece. The extra rest gave Imoesiri enough of a break to come back and take the fight to the third round by shoving Guerrero into the ropes and holding him. When Guerrero was able to get his hands free, he worked a nice jab that landed often and and an occasional hook.
The win come on the heels of last nights big win by Imoeisiri over Paul Koon, the number 4 rated Heavyweight in the Country and last years sliver medalist in the National Golden Gloves. His opponent for the next bout is Lamar Finner of Chicago, Ill. Alex's coach, Hal Chernoff of the Main Street Gym said, "I am very proud of what he has done but we still have a tough road ahead, these things get harder as they go and the boxers bodies are taking a toll fighting the best of the best every day for five days. I know his family must be happy. Fernando has called a few times before the fight to get the news, even if it is 10:00 pm here, which makes it 1:00am back home. I can tell he is excited and nervous but he is so happy that after all these years his brother is finally getting some payoff for his hard work. Like Fernando, anyone that knows Alex will tell you he is a not only a very good boxer but a super nice person."
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