 "San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)")
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Doormat role hardly appeals to Aiken: GUERRERO FOE LIGHT ON RESPECT.
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Byline: Dylan Hernandez
Sep. 2--LOS ANGELES -- Eric Aiken knows the role he's expected to play, but he wants no part of it. Aiken sees the obvious: He's here to build the boxing profile of Robert Guerrero, the highly touted prospect from Gilroy nicknamed "the Ghost." Though Aiken will be defending his International Boxing Federation featherweight crown tonight, he will be doing so in the city in which Guerrero trains, on a Guerrero's promoter's card, on the Showtime network that has televised previous Guerrero fights. "I'm not a steppingstone," said Aiken, whose Staples ...
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