On January 2, 2021, René Alvarado (32-8, 21 KOs), the super-featherweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against Venezuelan challenger, Roger Gutiérrez (24-3-1, 20 KOs).
René Alvarado is coming in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round RTD victory over Andrew Cancio, 1 year, 1 month, and 10 days ago. Roger Gutiérrez is on a 5-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Andres Tapia, 1 year and 19 days ago.
The winning odds are at 89.9-10.1 in favor of Roger Gutiérrez. René Alvarado may have moments of brilliance during the fight but it won't be enough for him to get the victory.
Roger Gutiérrez defeated René Alvarado via unanimous decision in the rematch and wins the WBA (Regular) title — in his first world-title fight. Gutiérrez improves his record to 25-3-1, while Alvarado adds a loss to his record at 32-9.