Gutierrez Decisions Gulyakevitch, Jose Luis Castillo Wins

By Mark Vester

At the Municipal Auditorium in Baja California, Mexico, Humberto Gutierrez (26-1-1, 19KOs) picked up a twelve round majority decision over Sergey Gulyakevitch (26-2, 12KOs). The scores 115-111 and 116-110 for Gutierrez and 113-113 for the draw. The bout was fought at a close pace. During the fourth round, Gulyakevitch lost a point for spitting out the mouthpiece multiple times. Gutierrez picks up the vacant WBC interim-super featherweight title and becomes the mandatory to champion Humberto Soto.

On the undercard, Jose Luis Castillo (59-9-1, 51KOs) stopped Cristian Solano (22-17-2, 16KOs) in three rounds. Castillo used the fight as a tuneup before an expected return to the junior welterweight division. Castillo plans to go after a world title opportunity at 140.

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