Thought of Regaining Title Consumes The Ghost

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Story by Josh Koehn ~ Gilroy Dispatch: Photo by Daisy Rosas
The closer it gets, the more Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero wants it. Climbing back to the status of champion has taken longer than Guerrero expected, but the Gilroy native, who relinquished his IBF featherweight title more than a year ago to move up a weight class and was forced to take time off due to dispute with his former promoter, says he isn't about to be preoccupied with anything but winning when opportunity knocks.

An Aug. 22 title fight against IBF junior lightweight champion Malcolm Klassen (24-4-2, 14 KOs) has Guerrero once again leaving the comfy confines of his hometown to be isolated in training. Preparing in Los Angeles for his last bout, an eighth-round stoppage of Efren Hinojosa in June, Guerrero (24-1-1, 17 KOs) will be spending the next five weeks in the mountains of Big Bear, Calif. before flying directly to Houston the week of the fight.

The plan is to "get out there in camp, work hard, work on everything," Guerrero said. "Just making those sacrifices and being prepared like I was last fight."

Trying to shake off rust in his last fight after spending just 12 rounds in the ring in more than two years - as well as silence critics after a second-round no-contest in March allowed some to label him a quitter after not continuing with a deep cut - Guerrero knows this bout, his third title shot, is a make-or-break stepping stone in his career. A new belt could set up unification bouts or possibly even bigger fights at the lightweight division.

"We were looking to get the (Juan) Diaz fight and that fell through," Guerrero said. "I have a good promotional team, management team - take care of this fight and it's all right there."
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