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Gilroy’s Robert Guerrero has secured the pay-per-view fight of a lifetime against boxing pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 4 at the Las Vegas MGM Grand, a source with knowledge of the negotiations informed CSNBayArea.com Tuesday morning.
Showtime has secured the broadcast rights for the bout, beating out archrival Home Box Office for the honors. Under his new agreement with Showtime PPV, Mayweather will be able to fight as much as six times over a span of 30 months, starting with the clash against Guerrero.
Guerrero (NorCal P4P No. 3; 31-1-1, 18 KOs), currently the World Boxing Council interim welterweight world champion, will take on the incumbent Mayweather for the WBC’s full-fledged 147-pound belt.
Mayweather (43-0, 26 KOs) has not defended the title since his September 2011 knockout of Victor Ortiz, which allowed the WBC to award Guerrero interim champion status after he defeated Selcuk Aydin at HP Pavilion last July.
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Almost a fortnight ago, Mayweather insinuated on social media that he would eschew the fight in favor of one with Devon Alexander, but ultimately, Guerrero won out.
“I’ve been calling all the big names out to fight me because I’ve learned that nowadays, nothing gets done until you open your mouth and push for it,” Guerrero told CSNBayArea.com after his previous outing, a unanimous decision over Andre Berto last November. “I know if I get a shot against Floyd, I’ll shock the world.”
The fight will mark Mayweather’s 10th pay-per-view main event and third on Cinco de Mayo weekend, while Guerrero will enter a bout of this magnitude for the first time.
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