Grady Brewer TKO4 Fernando Guerrero

Junior middleweight
Récords: Brewer (28-12, 16 KOs); Guerrero (21-1, 16 KOs)

Prospects be warned: When you fight on ESPN2 this season, you better be prepared. For whatever reason, "Friday Night Fights" has become the graveyard of prospects this year with Guerrero just the latest casualty in this huge upset. Before Guerrero's perfect record bit the dust so had the clean records of Ruslan Provodnikov, Mike Dallas Jr., Yordanis Despaigne and David Lemieux. Brewer took care of another highly touted youngster in shocking fashion. Brewer, 40, of Lawton, Okla., is best known for winning the 2006 edition of "The Contender" reality series and the $500,000 grand prize. But Brewer, who has tons of experience against quality opponents, was never able to capitalize on the victory because of an assortment of injuries. He had serious knee surgery and a shoulder operation that kept him out of action for two years after "The Contender" run. He returned in late 2008 and has fought sporadically since, but this win ought to get him another notable fight. Guerrero, 24, of Salisbury, Md., where he is a big ticket seller, had all the look of a prospect going places. Not only that, he had dropped down from middleweight to junior middleweight for this fight and made weight with ease, figuring he would be stronger at the lighter weight.

Guerrero was in command through the first two rounds. No surprises there. That is how this one was supposed to go. But Brewer began to press the action in the third round and seemed to just be missing Guerrero, who was born in the Dominican Republic, with clean shots. That was not the case in the fourth round, when Brewer finally found the target. He pounded Guerrero with clean right hands and uppercuts, finally sending him falling through the ropes onto the ring apron for a knockdown. Guerrero made it to his feet, but he was done. Brewer was slugging him and then slipped to the canvas, giving Guerrero a brief respite. But it made no difference. As soon as the fight resumed, Brewer was all over him again. He continued to pound him with body shots and uppercuts until Brewer finally slumped forward and fell to the mat. Guerrero was not out cold, but he was clearly done and referee Jon Schorle called it off at 2 minutes, 16 seconds for a stunning finish that ranks up there with any of the biggest upsets of the year. Guerrero had been on the short list for an HBO fight against junior middleweight titlist Sergiy Dzinziruk. That's down the drain.