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Middleweight contender Fernando Guerrero, now based out of Hayward, stopped J.C. Candelo in six rounds at the Humble Civic Center in Humble, Tex., Saturday night.
Guerrero (25-1, 18 KOs), originally from Salisbury, Md., entered the ring for the first time with new trainer Virgil Hunter, and the normally aggressive boxer-puncher was more methodical and measured in the manner by which he broke Candelo (32-12-4, 21 KOs) down.
After outboxing Candelo for the first three frames, a one-two from the southpaw Guerrero put his Colombian foe on the canvas. Although he would survive the round, Candelo would soon be wobbled in the opening seconds of the sixth with another accurate left hand, prompting the referee to call a halt to the bout. Official time was 0:12.
“I saw that he was a veteran, and he took his time getting up [in the fourth round], so I took my time in getting him out,” Guerrero told Fox Sports ringside commentator Paul Malignaggi.
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