Given the sense of urgency for both fighters, fans figure to be treated to a lot of toe-to-toe action when the two meet in a 10-round main event September 18 in Winter Park, Florida, as part of the latest Premier Boxing Champions—The Next Round fight card on Bounce TV (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT).
Caleb Truax (25-2-2, 15 KOs) is coming off a 12th-round TKO loss to Daniel Jacobs in April, the first time in his career that the Minnesota native has been stopped. Prior to that bout, the 31-year-old Truax had scored consecutive impressive victories over Derek Ennis (unanimous decision) and Scott Sigmon (TKO)—part of his eight-fight unbeaten streak.
Fernando Guerrero (27-3, 19 KOs) enters this fight following a 10-round, split-decision victory over Abraham Han on April 18. The Dominican Republic native has faced a string of difficult opponents lately, which helps explain his 2-2 record over his last four fights. That includes a victory by unanimous decision over Raymond Gatica sandwiched between knockout losses to Peter Quillin and David Lemieux.
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As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
