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UBO Challenger: Rodrigo "Gato" Guerrero

 
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DECEMBER 20 / BY UBO PRESS OFFICER

 
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Former IBF world champion and Universal Boxing Organization™ (UBO) world title-challenger Rodrigo “Gato” Guerrero is the epitome of a Mexican warrior. Willing to take on anyone, anywhere, and always doing so by giving his best effort.

 
 

A southpaw with good power, Guerrero turned pro at seventeen in 2005. He went 9-1-1 over the next three years, before winning his first title, the WBC Continental Americas Bantamweight, in 2008 with a twelve-round decision over 28-3 Juan Alberto Rosas, who later went on to also become IBF world champion.

In 2010 Gueerero challenged for the WBA and WBC world Super Flyweight titles, losing on points to Armenian Vic Darchinyan in California, but just four months later he was back in the picture for another shot when he beat Filipino Federico Catubay in an IBF eliminator.

In November of 2010 he lost a split decision in another eliminator to Raul Martinez, but was found deserving of a rematch which ended up being for the vacant IBF world championship.


 
 

This time, in October 2011, he beat Martinez by technical decision after six rounds, and was the new IBF world champion.

He lost the world title in his first defense, to Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr., but earned another crack in 2013 which he lost on points to Daiki Kameda in Japan.

Continuing to fight at the world class level, Guerrero moved up the weights and won several regional titles against good opposition. When he received the opportunity to fight Noel Echevarria (18-7) for the vacant UBO world Lightweight title in the summer of 2021, he jumped at the chance.

It was a good, competitive fight at the World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and, as always, Guerrero gave everything he had. Unfortunately for him, Echevarria was just a bit sharper and fresher, winning by close (114-112, 114-112, 116-111), but deserved decision.

At 34, Guerrero is still plugging along and fighting whoever is willing to take him on. More of a gate-keeper than a contender these days, his current record stands at 26-15-2 (16).

 
 
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