Gilroy
– Imagine a day of food and fun at the Gilroy Garlic Festival
followed by a mad dash up Highway 101 to catch a Robert
”
The Ghost
”
Guerrero fight in San Francisco that very evening.
Gilroy – Imagine a day of food and fun at the Gilroy Garlic Festival followed by a mad dash up Highway 101 to catch a Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero fight in San Francisco that very evening.
No, it’s not a solid date. But Guerrero’s new co-manager, Shelly Finkel, wants his fighter to get more exposure in front of local fans. He said Wednesday that there are “plans in the works for the up-and-coming featherweight to make his Bay Area debut as a pro at Kezar Pavilion” in July, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday.
Guerrero (15-0-1) scored a 12th-round technical knockout of Adrian Valdez in his first defense of his NABF featherweight title last Friday in Lemoore. He was a special guest at last Saturday’s championship night of the San Francisco Golden Gloves, where he won the 119-pound title in 1999.
The Gilroy native told the Chronicle: “As soon as I signed with Shelly, the first thing he mentioned was, ‘I want you fighting in your backyard. I want you in the Bay. Hometown fans don’t want to see you on TV. They want to see you live.”
Finkel posited there was a “70 percent” chance of Guerrero’s next bout – against an opponent to be determined – taking place at Kezar Pavilion.
Guerrero, along with Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward of Oakland, received a raucous welcome from fans at the S.F. Golden Gloves.
