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Roger Andrés Gutiérrez Cuevas (born April 11, 1995) is a Venezuelan
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who has held the WBA
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title from 2021 to 2022.


Professional career


Early career

Gutiérrez made his professional debut against Alexander Ponce on October 19, 2013. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Gutiérrez amassed a 20-3–1 record during the next five years, before winning his first step-up fight against Leonardo Padilla on December 20, 2018, whom he beat by a fifth-round knockout. Gutiérrez next beat the undefeated Eduardo Hernandez by a first-round knockout on July 13, 2019. Gutiérrez faced Andres Tapia on December 14, 2019, in his final fight before challenging for a world title. He won the bout by unanimous decision.


WBA Regular super featherweight champion


Gutiérrez vs. Alvardo II

On November 5, 2020, the WBA announced that their reigning
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champion René Alvarado would make his first title defense against Gutiérrez. The fight was scheduled for the undercard of the
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and
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interim lightweight WBC title bout, which took place on 2 January 2022, at the
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in Dallas, United States. The pair previously fought on July 14, 2017, with Alvardo winning by a seventh-round knockout. Despite Alvardo entering the bout as a -300 favorite to retain, Gutiérrez won the fight by an upset unanimous decision, with all three judges awarding him a 113–112 scorecard. Although Alvardo was able to outbox for the majority of the rounds, Gutiérrez manage to knock the champion on three occasions, which allowed to narrowly edge him out. He first knocked Alvardo down with a right uppercut and a right straight in the third round, while the third knockdown occurred in the twelfth round, when he knocked Alvardo down with a short left hook.


Gutiérrez vs. Alvardo III

Gutiérrez was booked to face René Alvarado in his first title defense. Their rubber match was scheduled for the undercard of the Vergil Ortiz Jr. and
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International welterweight title bout, which took place on August 14, 2021, at the Ford Center at The Star in
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and was broadcast by
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. Despite his victory against Alvardo seven months prior, Gutiérrez once again entered the fight as an underdog, with most odds-makers having Gutiérrez at +115. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Two judges scored the fight 116–112 in his favor, while the third judge scored it 115–113 for him.


Gutiérrez vs. Garcia

On August 15, 2021, the WBA ordered Gutiérrez to make his second title defense against the interim WBA champion Chris Colbert, giving the pair until September 15 to come to terms. On October 25, 2021, it was revealed that Gutiérrez and Colbert had come to terms to face each other on February 19, 2022, on a
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broadcast card. The fight was officially announced on January 24, 2022, as the main event of February 26 PBC card, which will take place at The Cosmopolitan in
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. Gutiérrez withdrew from the bout on February 10, after both he and several members of his team tested positive for
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. Gutiérrez was instead scheduled to face the mandatory WBA title challenger Héctor García in his second title defense, who had earned the mandatory position with a unanimous decision victory over Colbert. The bout was expected to place at the Poliedro de Caracas in
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on July 10, 2022, and was to be broadcast on the WBA's
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channel. The fight was later postponed, as the promoters were unable to organize a bout in Venezuela. Accordingly, ordered both sides to renegotiate terms to avoid the fight heading to a purse bid hearing. The bout was rescheduled for August 20, and took place on the Adrien Broner and Omar Figueroa Jr. undercard. Gutiérrez remained inactive throughout the first eight rounds of the bout, which let his opponent build an early lead, and although Gutiérrez picked up the pace from the ninth round onward, he nonetheless lost the fight by unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 117–111 and one scorecard of 118–110.


Professional boxing record


See also

*
List of world super-featherweight boxing champions This is a list of Super featherweight boxing champions, as recognized by boxing organizations: * The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). * The World Boxing Council (WBC), established in 19 ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutiérrez, Roger 1995 births Living people Venezuelan male boxers Sportspeople from Maracaibo Super-featherweight boxers Lightweight boxers World super-featherweight boxing champions World Boxing Association champions