Roger Andrés Gutiérrez Cuevas (born April 11, 1995) is a Venezuelan professional boxer who has held the WBA super featherweight title from 2021 to 2022.
[4] On November 5, 2020, the WBA announced that their reigning super featherweight champion René Alvarado would make his first title defense against Gutiérrez.
The fight was scheduled for the undercard of the Ryan Garcia and Luke Campbell interim lightweight WBC title bout, which took place on 2 January 2022, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, United States.
[5] Despite Alvardo entering the bout as a -300 favorite to retain,[6] Gutiérrez won the fight by an upset unanimous decision, with all three judges awarding him a 113–112 scorecard.
Their rubber match was scheduled for the undercard of the Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Egidijus Kavaliauskas WBO International welterweight title bout, which took place on August 14, 2021, at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas and was broadcast by DAZN.
[12] 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 Las Vegas, Nevada.