Photos: Robert Guerrero Tops Andre Berto in Rematch of Veterans

Minneapolis – In a rematch of former world champions, Robert Guerrero (38-6-1, 20 KOs) repeated with a ten round unanimous decision over Andre Berto (32-5, 24 KOs). (photos by Ryan Hafey, Amanda Westcott)

The scores were 98-92, 98-92 and 99-91. 

Back in 2012, Guerrero dropped Berto twice in securing a twelve round unanimous decision win. 

The bout began with in a very slow pace, with both looking for openings with a lot of caution. Berto was the more explosive when he let his hands go. In the third, Guerrero began to do a lot better with his inside fighting and landing solid shots. At the start of the fourth, Guerrero came out firing and began to take the fight to Berto. 

Guerrero looked like the stronger and hard punching fighter in the fifth. He rattled Berto more than once. Both had moments of success during the sixth, with both connecting with big shots. At the start of the seventh, Berto landed several big punches that Guerrero took well. Berto had the better seventh with the flashier punches landed. 

The eight was a give and take round, fought in a slow manner. However, at the end of the round Berto was rocked by a hook and took some punches at the bell. In the ninth, Guerrero’s jab was doing a lot of solid work and there wasn’t much of not landed by either. The tenth and final round saw Guerrero have the edge the landed key punches.