On August 20, 2022, Roger Gutiérrez (26-3-1, 20 KOs), the super-featherweight WBA champion, defends his title against Dominican challenger, Héctor García (15-0, 10 KOs).
Roger Gutiérrez is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over René Alvarado, 1 year and 6 days ago. Héctor García is on a 15-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Chris Colbert, 5 months and 25 days ago.
The winning odds are at 68.6-31.4 in favor of Héctor García, but it is going to be a hard-earned victory. Roger Gutiérrez is going to put on an exceptional fight, García better be prepared for one of the toughest fights of his life.
Héctor García defeated Roger Gutiérrez via unanimous decision and wins the WBA title — in his first world-title fight. García improves his record to 16-0, while Gutiérrez adds a loss to his record at 26-4-1.