Christopher Guerrero is still looking for his first victory by knockout.
For now, a perfect record will have to settle for the 21-year-old welterweight prospect, who blew out Mexican Jose Avila in four rounds. Judges Sylvain Leblanc (40-35), Erick Philippeaux (40-35) and Benoit Roussel (40-35) scored all rounds for Guerrero in the opening bout of a seven-fight ESPN+ live telecast on Friday night from the Montreal Casino in Montreal, Canada. .
Guerrero (4-0, 0KOs) seemed headed for an early night, dropping Avila (2-2, 2KOs) courtesy of a right hand in the second round. Avila beat the count and proved to be a tough nut for Guerrero, who moved from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to Montreal, where he now lives and trains.
Luis Santana advances to 7-0 (2KOs) with a six-round shutout of Argentina’s Cristian Rodrigo González (11-15-1, 6KOs). Judges Erick Philippeaux (60-54), Benoit Roussel (60-54) and David Therien (60-54) scored all rounds in favor of Montreal’s Santana, who celebrates his third victory of 2022 as he approaches his second anniversary. in the professional ranks.
Headlining the show, undefeated super middleweight Christian Mbilli, a quarterfinalist from Canada at the 2016 Rio Olympics, takes on Toledo-based divisional trial horse DeAndre Ware (15-3-2, 9KOs) in a regional title fight. scheduled for ten rounds.
Also on the card is a battle of former Olympians in a scheduled ten-round heavyweight battle between Simon Kean (22-1, 21KOs)—who represented Canada at London 2012—and 36-year-old Newfel Ouatah (18- 4, 10KOs). ), a 2008 Olympian for France ending a 15-month inactive stint by returning to the ring.
Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox
