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Robert Guerrero to face Aron Martinez on June 6

Robert Guerrero and Jesus Cuellar will return to the ring next month on a PBC card.

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Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006.

Robert Guerrero will make a quick return to the ring on June 6, when he faces Aron Martinez in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions doubleheader from the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The fights are scheduled as an afternoon show at the venue's official site, which means they'll likely be airing on either NBC or CBS, and won't go head-to-head with the Cotto-Geale show on HBO later that evening.

Guerrero (32-3-1, 18 KO) is coming off of a loss to Keith Thurman in March, when PBC debuted on NBC in Las Vegas. The 32-year-old welterweight contender beat Yoshihiro Kamegai in his only fight in 2014, which was a war at the StubHub Center, and lost to Floyd Mayweather in 2013.

Martinez (19-3-1, 4 KO) has lost two of his last three, dropping a 10-round decision to Jessie Vargas in 2012, followed by a tune-up win in 2013, and a TKO-5 loss to Josesito Lopez in April 2014. He hasn't fought since. In other words, he's being booked as a rebound win for Guerrero.

Featherweight contender Jesus Cuellar (26-1, 20 KO) will also be in action, as he'll face veteran Vic Darchinyan (40-7-1, 29 KO) in the co-feature. Darchinyan, now 39, has gone 3-4 over his last seven fights dating back to 2011, with losses against Anselmo Moreno, Shinsuke Yamanaka, Nonito Donaire, and Nicholas Walters. He won a tune-up in Mexico in his last fight on February 7.

Cuellar, 28, has won nine straight since a 2011 loss to Oscar Escandon, including victories over former titleholders Rico Ramos and Juan Manuel Lopez. He was last seen in December, stopping Ruben Tamayo in the fifth round on a ShoBox card.

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