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Guerrero will fight Edel Ruiz on Jan. 24 in Los Angeles, ending
a nearly 11-month layoff
GILROY
Former featherweight champion Robert Guerrero will fight Edel Ruiz on Jan. 24 in Los Angeles, ending a nearly 11-month layoff due to a dispute with his former promoter.
Guerrero (22-1-1, 15 KOs), a Gilroy native who twice held the IBF’s 126-pound title, hasn’t fought since Feb. 29 while working to leave promoter Dan Goossen. Golden Boy Promotions signed Guerrero shortly after an arbitrator resolved the dispute last month.
His first fight will be against Ruiz (31-21-4, 22 KOs), a veteran who has lost seven of his last 10 bouts, on the undercard of Antonio Margarito’s welterweight title bout against Sugar Shane Mosley at Staples Center.
Guerrero vacated his IBF featherweight title during his layoff in a plan to move up to 130-pound fights. Golden Boy’s executives have said they hope to get a super featherweight title shot for Guerrero in 2009.
