Robert Guerrero outlasted Victor Ortiz on the Manny Pacquiao-Yordenis Ugas card Saturday in Las Vegas.
Guerreo defeated Ortiz by a close unanimous decision in a competitive 10-round welterweight fight between two former champions hoping to stay relevant.
All three judges scored it 96-94 for Guerrero. Boxing Junkie had it 114-114.
The bout had a distinct pattern round after around, with the fighters nose to nose exchanging punches inside. Both had similar success, landing about the same number of punches. And while both of their faces showed signs of a war — Ortiz was cut above his right eye, Guerrero’s left eye was swollen shut — neither fighter seriously hurt the other,
That made it difficult to separate the two on the cards. In the end, Guerrero, 38, evidently was the slightly busier fighter, which evidently impressed the judges.
Guerrero (37-6-1, 20 KOs) has now won four consecutive fights since he was stopped by Omar Figueroa in 2017, after which he hinted that his career was over.
Ortiz (32-7-3, 25 KOs), who hadn’t fought in 3½ years, will have to decide whether he wants to continue after a disappointing loss at 34.
