Mayweather Vs Guerrero: News, odds, analysis and preview

Floyd Mayweather is the greatest boxer of his generation and tomorrow night on Showtime pay-per-view he will look to run his perfect record up to 44-0 when he takes on Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero. The bout is one that favors Mayweather, but Floyd’s age and Guerrero’s tenacity should make it an interesting watch.

Mayweather stepped onto the scales tonight in Las Vegas to make it official for tomorrow night’s welterweight (147 pound) bout and came in at a weight of 146.

Robert Guerrero is 2-0 at welterweight despite some feeling he wouldn’t have much success after moving up from lightweight. Tonight, he stepped on the scales to make it official for the biggest fish there is, not only at welterweight but in the entire sport, Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Guerrero comes into the bout with a pro record of 31-1-1 with 18 knockouts and has not lost in eighteen consecutive fights.

Floyd Mayweather and Robert Guerrero will step onto the scales this evening at 6 p.m. ET to make it official for their Showtime pay-per-view bout tomorrow (Saturday) night in Las Vegas. The bout is scheduled to be contested at welterweight, meaning a limit of 147 pounds.

Mayweather is the undisputed king at welterweight while Guerrero is the number two or three guy, depending on who you ask. Guerrero has only fought at 147 twice in his career, but his last bout was a thrilling win over Andre Berto that put him into this fight.

Floyd Mayweather is the best fighter on the planet, that is not going to change until he either gets old and suffers a loss or hangs up the gloves. That fact is plenty enough to explain why Floyd will come into his bout with Robert Guerrero as a fairly heavy favorite.

We covered the other day that the odds aren’t particularly out of line with Floyd’s past several fights, but here’s where they sit now:

At 7/1 odds, there isn’t a lot of betting value in backing Floyd Mayweather jr to beat Robert Guerrero Saturday night.

Money Mayweather has been money in the bank for bettors 43 times in his career, but it’s a significant risk at 7/1, especially against a determined challenger like The Ghost.

Yesterday saw the final official press conference for Saturday’s clash between pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather and Robert Guerrero. While Guerrero and Mayweather have been mostly cordial to each other, only trading enough words to keep interest up on their pay-per-view clash, the same can’t be said for their trainers.

Floyd is trained by his father, as is Guerrero, and Floyd Sr. and Ruben Guerrero have seen things get fairly contentious, but nothing like what happened during the presser.

Floyd Mayweather and Robert Guerrero will be speaking to the media for a final time today when they meet at the pre-fight press conference. The lead up to the fight hasn’t seen much by way of major “clashes” between the fighters, but that could change with Mayweather having accused Guerrero of using his wife’s leukemia as a publicity tool.

Both fighters trainers/fathers have been more outspoken in their animosity over the past few weeks, with Ruben Guerrero and Floyd Mayweather Sr. exchanging words, leading to Floyd Sr.‘s rant that “I don’t give a fuck how old his daddy is, if he get out of line, I’ll kick his ass. So my son gonna kick ‘The Ghost’ ass and if his daddy get out of line, I’m gonna kick his ass.”

A major part of Robert Guerrero’s PR campaign for Saturday night’s fight with Floyd Mayweather has been talking about his wife’s battle with leukemia. Casey Guerrero was diagnosed in 2007 and suffered several relapses. Guerrero vacated his title to spend time with her before a compatible bone marrow match was found and a transplant was successful, leaving her cancer-free.

Robert has appeared on several major TV shows with Casey, talking about their faith and her recovery.

While many experts feel that Robert Guerrero is going to be a very tough out for Floyd Mayweather when the two men meet on Saturday on Showtime pay-per-view, the oddsmakers don’t necessarily agree. Mayweather is currently sitting at around a -700 favorite to Guerrero’s underdog odds of between +450 and +550.

The good news for Guerrero fans is that those odds close to mirror Mayweather’s odds against Miguel Cotto in his last time in the ring. Cotto was able to have a good amount of success against Floyd, pressuring him into the ropes and winning more rounds against “Money” than any fighter since Jose Luis Castillo. Of course, Cotto being competitive meant that instead of losing 120-108 on the scorecards he lost by scores of 117-111, 117-111 and 118-110.

Showtime’s commitment to being the destination for major event boxing became as clear as ever when they inked a deal with Floyd Mayweather, close to guaranteeing the world’s undisputed best boxer would close out his career on their broadcasts. It was a sound enough business strategy for all involved parties. Showtime was getting some guaranteed big money fights on pay-per-view while Floyd was signing “richest individual athlete deal in all of sports” (per the press release).

Showtime’s monetary investment was likely to provide solid returns as Forbes noted “Mayweather’s nine HBO PPV events generated 9.6 million buys and $543 million in television revenue, according to the network. Mayweather has been part of the four biggest non-heavyweight PPV events in boxing history.”