Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer 8y

Notes: Peralta, cab driver to welterweight contender?

A few notes from around the boxing world:

Welterweight David Emanuel Peralta knew he was a prohibitive underdog when he squared off with former two-division titleholder Robert Guerrero on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card. Peralta had never faced a remotely decent opponent, was fighting outside of his native Argentina for the first time and only boxed part time, which he was considering giving up. His day job was as a cab driver.

Then Peralta (26-2-1, 14 KOs) earned the well-deserved split decision victory against the faded Guerrero (33-5-1, 18 KOs) and said he plans to stick with boxing after the big win.

"I was a cab driver, driving cabs in Argentina. I was offered a chance to fight in the U.S. and came away victorious," Peralta said. "I came to fight and I knew I would win. He is a very good fighter but I hit him with the harder shots. Yes, I want to fight bigger names now. No way I'm going to retire now. I'll be ready again to fight soon. This was no joke and I can beat a lot of great fighters."

Guerrero, who dropped to 2-4 in his last six fights (and one of the wins, a split decision against Aron Martinez, was viewed by many as a gift), did not like the decision.

"I thought I clearly won the fight," Guerrero said. "For the judge to say I lost eight rounds sounds crazy to me. Peralta was very awkward but I felt I won. I won the rounds when I boxed. This is very disappointing but I'll be back, that you can count on."

Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr., who blatantly avoided a world title fight with Gennady Golovkin after they were nearly done with the deal for a September fight, instead will have a much smaller bout. Eubank (23-1, 18 KOs), 26, will defend his British title against former sparring partner Tommy Langford (17-0, 6 KOs), 27, on Oct. 22 at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales, promoter Frank Warren announced. Warren won the purse bid for the mandatory bout earlier this month.

"We've sparred in the recent past and though you can't take too much into that, I know what he does well and what he doesn't do well and believe my style exploits his," Langford said. "Sure, Chris Jr. is dangerous, but Billy Joe Saunders exposed his limitations with his quality and movement. I know I've got the tools to beat him. I'm delighted that he's stepped up to face me after fears he could vacate."

Lightweight Jose Felix Jr. (34-1-1, 26 KOs) put away Denver's Robert Frankel (34-17-7, 7 KOs) in the sixth round on Saturday night on Top Rank's "Solo Boxeo Tecate" card on UniMas and now hopes to secure a world title shot against England's Terry Flanagan (31-0, 12 KOs). "Let's do a fight with Flanagan," said Felix, who has won seven fights in a row. "I will fight Flanagan in his house, overseas. It doesn't matter where. Let's get it done."

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