Cañete wanted to bully Llover but instead the latter outclassed him in 10 rounds of action.
Llover got the nod of all three judges with scores of 96-94, 98-92 and 96-94.
The 29-year-old Llover successfully retained his Philippines Boxing Federation bantamweight belt.
Llover, the protege of two-division world champion Gerry Peñalosa, stayed unbeaten with a record of 8-0 with five knockouts, while Cañete suffered his first career defeat and dropped to 7-1 with six knockouts.
In the undercard, Jimmy Ramisco Cannu (3-1) handed Cebuano Richie Cacanog (2-1) his first career loss after beating him by unanimous decision, Antonio Uy (4-0, 3 KOs) won against Mac Pescador (2-1) by unanimous decision and Franz Carl Muyso (1-0) defeated John Paul Perez (0-1) by unanimous decision. (EKA)