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Roger Gutierrez drops Rene Alvarado three times, wins decision

Roger Gutierrez dropped Rene Alvarado three times and defeating him by a unanimous decision Saturday in Dallas.

Roger Gutierrez used big rounds to get past Rene Alvarado on the Ryan Garcia-Luke Campbell card Saturday in Dallas.

Gutierrez lost seven of 12 rounds but put his rival down three times to win a unanimous decision — 113-112 on all three cards — in a competitive junior lightweight bout. Boxing Junkie also scored it 113-112 for Gutierrez.

Gutierrez (25-3-1, 20 KOs) landed the decisive blow in the final round, when a short left hook to the chin put Alvarado (32-9, 21 KOs) down for a third time.

That gave the Venezuelan a 10-8 round, which was the difference in the scoring.

Gutierrez, who was stopped by Alvarado in 2017, had a huge third round. A right uppercut about 30 seconds into the round put Alvarado on the canvas. Moments later a straight put him down again.

At that point, Alvarado seemed to be on the verge of being stopped but, as Gutierrez slowed down, he was able to recover and land his own shots late in the round.

The rest of the fight was difficult to score, although Alvarado seemed to be somewhat busier and landed a few more clean shots.

Thus, the result was up in the air as the bell rang to start the final round. And Gutierrez seized the moment, scoring his knockdown to secure the victory.

Gutierrez took a secondary 130-pound title from Alvarado with the victory.

Alvarado’s twin brother, Felix, stopped Dee-jay Kriel in the preceding fight.

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Roger Gutierrez drops Rene Alvarado three times, wins decision

Roger Gutierrez dropped Rene Alvarado three times and defeating him by a unanimous decision Saturday in Dallas.

Roger Gutierrez used big rounds to get past Rene Alvarado on the Ryan Garcia-Luke Campbell card Saturday in Dallas.

Gutierrez lost seven of 12 rounds but put his rival down three times to win a unanimous decision — 113-112 on all three cards — in a competitive junior lightweight bout. Boxing Junkie also scored it 113-112 for Gutierrez.

Gutierrez (25-3-1, 20 KOs) landed the decisive blow in the final round, when a short left hook to the chin put Alvarado (32-9, 21 KOs) down for a third time.

That gave the Venezuelan a 10-8 round, which was the difference in the scoring.

Gutierrez, who was stopped by Alvarado in 2017, had a huge third round. A right uppercut about 30 seconds into the round put Alvarado on the canvas. Moments later a straight put him down again.

At that point, Alvarado seemed to be on the verge of being stopped but, as Gutierrez slowed down, he was able to recover and land his own shots late in the round.

The rest of the fight was difficult to score, although Alvarado seemed to be somewhat busier and landed a few more clean shots.

Thus, the result was up in the air as the bell rang to start the final round. And Gutierrez seized the moment, scoring his knockdown to secure the victory.

Gutierrez took a secondary 130-pound title from Alvarado with the victory.

Alvarado’s twin brother, Felix, stopped Dee-jay Kriel in the preceding fight.

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Andrew Cancio makes move to Top Rank official

Former junior lightweight titleholder Andrew Cancio, who left Golden Boy under difficult circumstances, signed with Top Rank on Thursday.

It was a blue-collar promise from a blue-collar boxer.

Andrew Cancio, a former junior lightweight champion who works for the gas company when he isn’t in the ring, said he’d be back after Golden Boy fired him three days before Thanksgiving, just a few days after he lost his title and ripped the promotional company.

Cancio is back, fulfilling a promise the way he completes a job.

Top Rank signed him Thursday.

In announcing the multi-fight deal, Top Rank, miraculously, didn’t mention Golden Boy.

“He was a free agent, miraculously, and we didn’t hesitate to make a deal with him and his team,” Top Rank’s Bob Arum said in a statement.

Miracles happen. So, too, does some subtle trash talk.

There’s nothing subtle about Cancio’s power or his working-man appeal. He is the West Coast’s version of Joe Smith Jr., a Long Island, New York laborer when he isn’t knocking Bernard Hopkins out of the ring or beating Jesse Hart.

Cancio (21-5-2, 16 KOs), who is from the Colorado River town of Blythe, California, stunned Alberto Machado last February, knocking him out in four rounds for a 130-pound belt. In a rematch four months later, he needed only three rounds to stop Machado.

On November 23, however, Cancio’s championship run came to an abrupt end. Rene Alvarado of Nicaragua knocked him out in seven rounds. He had knocked out Alvarado in December 2015

“I’m very grateful to begin the next chapter of my career with Bob Arum and the entire Top Rank team,” said Cancio, who criticized Golden Boy in a Los Angeles Times’ story for not promoting his blue-collar roots with appearances on bigger cards. “I look forward to returning to the ring in front of my army of supporters and am fully prepared to fight my way towards becoming a world champion again.’’

Cancio is expected to make his first appearance for Top Rank in April on ESPN. He provides another matchmaking possibility for Top Rank’s other junior lightweights, including Miguel Berchelt (honorable mention pound-for-pound), Jamel Herring, Oscar Valdez Jr., Carl Frampton and Masayuki Ito.

Andrew Cancio to sign with Top Rank: report

Andrew Cancio to sign with Top Rank: report

Andrew Cancio, who recently left Golden Boy Promotions, reportedly has signed a multi-fight deal with Top Rank.

Andrew Cancio will soon be back to working two jobs.

The former junior lightweight titleholder and Southern California day laborer has reportedly signed a multi-fight deal with Top Rank, just two months after he was released by former promoter Golden Boy for voicing his discontent with the company before his knockout loss to Rene Alvarado on Nov. 23.

Cancio, who crafted one of the best feel-good stories of last year by upsetting then titleholder Alberto Machado twice, took his ex-promoter to task for what he perceived was a lack of a promotional boost. After Cancio’s loss to Alvarado via seventh-round stoppage, Golden Boy promptly dropped the fighter from its roster.

“He wanted bigger purses and he wanted to fight in bigger venues,” Golden Boy president Eric Gomez told ESPN. “He didn’t think Golden Boy was providing that for him so we released him and wish him all the best. I hope he finds what he’s looking for.”

Cancio’s new promotional deal with Top Rank means he joins a packed stable of 130-pounders, including titleholders Miguel Berchelt and Jamel Herring, as well as contenders Carl Frampton and Oscar Valdez.

Cancio isn’t the only ex-Golden Boy fighter on the move. Longtime Golden Boy client and junior featherweight titleholder Rey Vargas reportedly signed with Premier Boxing champions.

 

Rene Alvarado upsets Andrew Cancio by 7th-round stoppage

Andrew Cancio had no answer for Rene Alvarado, who stopped Cancio in the seventh round of their junior lightweight title fight.

One of boxing’s best stories came to an end on Saturday night at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California.

In its place is perhaps just the beginning of yet another feel-good underdog tale. 

Junior lightweight titleholder Andrew Cancio, boxing’s cinderella man, had no answer for Nicaraguan Rene Alvarado, who set a blistering pace from the opening bell and never looked back. As both fighters returned to their stools at the end of Round 7, referee Raul Caiz Sr. took one quick look at Cancio’s battered face and waved off the bout, as the pro-Cancio crowd went silent.

An emotional Alvarado began tearing up, as his team, including countryman Roman Gonzalez, surrounded him. Like the blue-collar Cancio, who lays pipes as a full-time employee of the Souther California Gas Company, Alvarado was something of a journeyman. After a 10-fight stretch that saw him go 4-6, Alvarado had doubts about his career. But he retooled himself to reel off seven straight wins.

With Saturday’s win, Alvarado avenged his stoppage loss to Cancio in 2015 and joins his brother, 108-pound titleholder Felix Alvarado, as the only other current Nicaraguan titleholder. Saturday’s win also landed on the 45th anniversary of when lightweight great Alexis Arguello became the first Nicaraguan to win a world title by beating Ruben Olivares.

From Round 1, Alvarado (32-8, 21 knockouts) was the quicker and stronger man. He unleashed one quick combination after another as Cancio stood in the pocket and absorbed them. By Round 3, Cancio’s face was swollen and bloodied, with a cut over his left eye. As the rounds went on, Alvarado continued his demolition job, peppering Cancio with right hands from the outside and outworking him on the inside, where he routinely snapped Cancio’s head back with quick hooks.

“It was the plan to start dominating from the beginning of the fight,” Alvarado said afterward. “This was the plan.”

Cancio could never quite get into a rhythm.

“Rene fought a helluva fight,” Cancio said afterward. “I was just two steps behind him. I don’t know. I don’t know. He fought his fight tonight and got his revenge for the rematch. Congratulations to him. He did what I did: Came over here and became a world champion. Enjoy this. I know how it feels.

The loss caps what has been a remarkable comeback for Cancio (21-5-2, 16 KOs), who had briefly retired from the sport after his stoppage loss to Joseph Diaz in 2016. He returned in 2018, won two straight, and in February, challenged then titleholder Alberto Machado and upset him by a fourth-round stoppage. He then won the rematch later in the summer.

Cancio offered no excuses for his performance on Saturday.

“I kept trying,” he said. “Tonight was (Alvarado’s) night. I got hit with too many shots. I had a great camp. There were no excuses about it. The better man won tonight. He fought a tremendous fight.”

In a barnburner on the undercard, the fan-friendly Xu Can threw 1,562 punches — a junior lightweight record, per CompuBox — en route to outpointing Manny Robles III over 12 rounds in a junior lightweight bout.

The scores were 120-108, 119-109, and 118-110, all for Can.

Both fighters wasted no time exchanging hooks and uppercuts on the inside. The early rounds were close, with Can (18-2, 3 KOs) throwing more punches but Robles (18-1, 8 KOs) landing the cleaner shots.

The tide began to turn midway through the fight, in Round 6. Can began to separate himself with his body work, landing knifing left hands to Robles’ right ribcage, and, in a sign of his superior conditioning, never relented from his torrid pace. In Round 10, Can began to add more starch to his punches and even seemed to stagger Robles with a body punch late. Though Robles was more than game — the fight was closer than the judges scored it — it was clear he had no answer for Can’s volume punching.

Afterward, Can called out Josh Warrington for a junior lightweight unification.

Also, Rashidi Ellis (22-0, 14 KOs) defeated Eddie Gomez (23-4, 13 KOs) in a welterweight rematch by unanimous decision. Two judges had it 99-91 and the other had it 100-90, all for Ellis.

Ellis won the first fight by first-round knockout in 2016.