Will
02-25-2007, 07:25 PM
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- American Robert Guerrero recaptured the IBF featherweight title, stopping Denmark's Spend Abazi in the eighth round Friday night.
Abazi gave up after the eighth round with bleeding around his right eye.
The left-handed Guerrero (20-2) knocked down the Albanian-born Abazi (35-1) in the third and fifth rounds, and easily kept him at bay.
Guerrero lost the title to Mexico's Orlando Salido on Nov. 4, but the Nevada Athletic Commission suspended Salido after he tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone, and the title became vacant.
"It was a good, tough fight," Guerrero said. "He put up a real good fight, I was surprised."
Guerrero's left-handed style, quickness and reach put an end to Abazi's twenty-fight winning streak.
"The blood bothered me, it was OK to stop" Abazi said. "I did what I could."
Abazi gave up after the eighth round with bleeding around his right eye.
The left-handed Guerrero (20-2) knocked down the Albanian-born Abazi (35-1) in the third and fifth rounds, and easily kept him at bay.
Guerrero lost the title to Mexico's Orlando Salido on Nov. 4, but the Nevada Athletic Commission suspended Salido after he tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone, and the title became vacant.
"It was a good, tough fight," Guerrero said. "He put up a real good fight, I was surprised."
Guerrero's left-handed style, quickness and reach put an end to Abazi's twenty-fight winning streak.
"The blood bothered me, it was OK to stop" Abazi said. "I did what I could."