Fernando Guerrero remained undefeated with a highly entertaining unanimous decision over Ishe Smith in a Middleweight bout at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi.
Smith started out well early as used a punishing body attack in an effort to slow down the the twenty-three year old Guerrero. Round three was especially competitive as the two stood toe to toe. Guerrero seemed to forge ahead slightly as he took the middle rounds in what was very competitive and high paced action.
In round six, Smith was docked for low blows by referee Randy Phillips. Guerrero and Smith continued to pound away at each at close quarters with Guerrero getting the better of the action by the slightest of margins. Guerrero was having a good round eight until he walked into a right hand that sent Guerrero to the canvas. Guerrero rebounded nicely to have a nice round nine as the two continued to land some heavy shots with Smith continuing his vicious body assault. Guerrero started the tenth more aggressive as but Smith did well with his counters and the fight seemed close enough where the winner would be in doubt.
Coming in to tonight’s matchup, Smith (21-5, 9 KOs) was quoted as saying, “I’m going to take Guerrero into deep waters and see if he can swim.” Guerrero (19-0, 15 KOs) proved to be a buoyant battler by withstanding an eighth round flash knockdown and ten rounds of body shots from Smith. Though most of the body work was legitimate, referee Randy Phillips twice warned Smith, of Las Vegas, Nev., for repeated low blows before deducting a point in the sixth round.
It wasn’t the case at the judges had wider then it looked scores of 97-91, 96-93 and 95-03 for Guerrero, 159.7, lbs of Salisbury, MD and is now 19-0. Smith, 158.9 lbs of Las Vegas is now 21-5.
Shawn Porter used a six round knockdown to catapult himself to a ten round unanimous decision over Ray Robinson in a Welterweight bout.
Robinson seemed to be the more consistent fighter as he used cominations to the body as Porter would come in. Porter landed the more telling blows and rocked Robinson on several occasions.
In round six, Porter dropped Robinson from a combination along the ropes. That seemed to have turned the tide as Robinson was not as effective heading down the stretch as he was earlier in the fight.
Scores did not indicate the competitive nature of the bout as the judges turned in cards that read 99-89, 98-91 and 97-92 for Porter, 147 lbs of Cleveland and is now 16-0. Robinson, 148 1/2 lbs of Philadelphia is now 11-2.
“It was a hard fought victory. My dad (and trainer, Ken Porter) asked a lot of me and I did what I could to deliver. It took a lot of heart and we’re going to keep going from here.”
Michael Dallas Jr. scored the best win of his career with an eight round unanimous decision over Lanard Lane in a battle of unbeaten Jr. Welterweights
Dallas was quicker and constantly landed some nice combination’s, especially to the body of Lane as Lane never really got into the fight.
Scores were 78-74 on all cards for Dallas Jr., 141.8 lbs of Bakersfield, CA and is now15-0-1. Lane, 142 lbs of Houston, TX is now 12-1.
