Fernando Guerrero Wins Title Fight In Salisbury, Maryland

Let me start by wishing Fernando Guerrero a very Happy Birthday as today. Secondly, I'd like to thank the Guerrero Family for yet another fantastic evening of Boxing in which Fernando and his Brother Alex won both of their matches and Fernando a brand new Belt.

Oscar Duran was a typical African fighter who used every possible trick in the book, including butting heads frequently, even to a point Fernando got a cut just over his left eye requiring 5 stitches.

Duran's corner continued to poor water down the front of Duran's boxer shorts which made the ring very wet all over and very slipery, especially where there was printing on the canvas. This caused a slip in the late rounds in which they called for a standing 8 count against Fernando.

Nevertheless, Oscar failed to truly connect at all during the entire match. I'm sure there will be plenty of people who went to the fight that will claim Fernando got hit quite often but one thing I can assure you of is that he was either hitting Fernando's gloves and or his arms on what looked like body shots.

Seriously, when you see the tapes of this fight you'll clearly see that Duran tired out very quickly, even though he claimed he was doing a ton of training. This allowed Fernando to relax in the last three rounds as Fernando knew Duran didn't have the strength or speed in the last three rounds to do any damage, so he pretty much played with him in the final three rounds.

I met with Hal and Fernando to discuss much of this on Sunday and I have to say, even standing 2 feet from Fernando, you cannot tell he was even cut. They did a beautiful job fixing him up at the Hospital right after the fight and thanks to PRMC, Fernando was able to quickly get over to Brew River where literally more than a thousand people came to the after party. The line to get in was the longest line Brew River had ever seen and they even had to stop allowing people in because there was simply too many people there.

For me personally, I enjoyed the outdoor event but I personally would rather any other fights to be held at the Civic Center. The lighting was better and as I moved around during some of the matches, (as I had done at the Civic Center as well) you could see the ring much better as well as the fights. Nevertheless, I'd like to hear your opinion.

When I get a better chance I'll do another Post about this great fight as well as some of the other fights and upsets.