Gamboa-Solis

By Scott Gilfoid: Yuriorkis Gamboa made a strong case for himself that he deserves to be considered the best fighter in the featherweight division with his 4th round knockout win over Jorge Solis at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Gamboa started off the fight on the outside but quickly had Solis on [...]

By Dan Ambrose: IBF / WBA Super World featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) made it look easy on Saturday in defeating one of the best fighters in the super featherweight division in Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KO’s).

By Chris Williams: Hard-hitting Mexican Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KO’s) described the experience of fighting WBA World featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) as “Terrible” after getting knocked down five times on Saturday night and stopped in the 4th round at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Solis, 31, never had a [...]

Yuriorkis Gamboa annihilates Jorge Solis WBA and IBF featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa added another spectacular chapter to his sensational pro career in front of a sold-out crowd at “Boardwalk Hall” in Atlantic City on Saturday night. “El Ciclon de Guantanamo” literally blew away Jorge Solis, dropping the experienced Mexican five times in only four rounds [...]

By Jim Dower: To no great surprise, World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) destroyed Mexican Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KO’s) in a 4th round TKO win on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Gamboa, a former 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist for Cuba, treated Solis like [...]

By Jason Kim: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum still feels it’s too soon to match-up his two prized unbeaten featherweight champions Juan Manuel Lopez (30-0, 27 KO’s) and Yuriorkis Gamboa. Arum wants to let the two fighters continue to win fight, build more fans before eventually matching them up at some point in the future. [...]

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise presents a compelling doubleheader, headlined by one of the sport’s elite fighters in a world featherweight title defense, when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: YURIORKIS GAMBOA VS. JORGE SOLIS AND MATT REMILLARD VS. MIKEY GARCIA is seen SATURDAY, MARCH 26 at 9:45 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the Boardwalk Hall in [...]

By Michael Lieberman: WBA Super World featherweight / IBF featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (19-0, 15 KO’s) will be taking on super featherweight Jorge Solis (40-2-2, 29 KO’s) this Saturday night on HBO at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This is yet another fight where boxing fans are expected to watch Gamboa fight [...]

On March 19th 2004 Olympic gold medalist Odlanier “La Sombra” Solis wants to become the first ever Cuban professional heavyweight champion against World Boxing Council (WBC) titlist Vitali Klitschko at Lanxess-Arena in Cologne, Germany. Only one week later, on March 26th, Yuriorkis Gamboa defends his WBA and International Boxing Federation (IBF) championships against Jorge Solis [...]

By Chris Williams: Rather than stepping up and finally facing Juan Manuel Lopez after all these years, WBA Super World/IBF featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (19-0, 15 KO’s) will be taking on WBA interim super featherweight champion Jorge Solis (40-2-2, 29 KO’s) on March 26th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This isn’t [...]