By Gerardo Granados: This Saturday, on May 12 at the Madison Square Garden, World Boxing Association lightweight champion Jorge Linares will try to defend his title against challenger WBO super feather Champion Vasyl Lomachenko.
Jorge Solis
Linares tells Golden Boy to make Lomachenko fight for May 12
By Chris Williams: Jorge Linares says he’s going to tell his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions to make the fight with Vasyl Lomachenko for May 12th for the sake of boxing,. Linares (44-3, 27 KOs) is insisting Golden Boy put the fight together with the Top Rank promoted Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) for May 12 on ESPN, even though by doing so, Golden Boy would be competing with themselves due to them having the Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez vs. Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin replay taking place on the same night on HBO.
Gamboa destroys Solis: Don’t hold your breath waiting for Gamboa-Lopez
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 the deck in the 2nd round. Gamboa would follow with four more knockdowns before the fight was eventually halted in the 4th round with a dazed looking Solis wondering what hit him. It was like Solis was caught in a tornado and flung around the ring for four rounds.
Solis: Gamboa hits harder than Pacquiao
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 chance as Gamboa was both too fast and too powerful for him to deal with. After the fight, Solis had this to say about Pacquiao’s power in comparison to Gamboa: “Pacquiao doesn’t hit that hard. He throws a lot of punches but he doesn’t hit that hard.”
Gamboa-Solis this Saturday, 3/26
By Craig Joseph Daly: March 26th (Saturday), 2011
At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ
Yuriorkis Gamboa (19-0-0) 15KO’s vs. Jorge Solis (40-2-2) 29KO’s
Gamboa vs. Solis this Saturday night, 3/26
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 someone that they’re likely not too familiar with while they wait for a distant future bout against fellow Top Rank fighter Juan Manuel Lopez. Gamboa-Solis is a decent fight but not the one boxing fans want to see.
Gamboa vs. Solis on 3/26
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 the fight that boxing fans want to see of Gamboa. They want to see him face Lopez. They know he can beat a guy like Solis, because that guy already got spanked by Christobal Cruz in 2009.
Cruz Defeats Solis, Retains IBF Featherweight Crown
By Jim Dower: Making his second defense of his International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title, champion Cristobal Cruz (39-11-1, 23 KO’s) defeated his Jorge Solis (37-2-2, 27 KO’s) by a narrow 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Palenque de Gallos, Tuxtla Gutierrez, in Chiappas, Mexico.
Solis Stops Clay
By Manuel Perez: In a controversial ending, Jorge Solis (37-1-2, 27 KOs) stopped Monty Meza Clay (28-2, 19 KOs) in the 5th round in a IBF Featherweight Title Eliminator on Saturday night at the Auditorio Telmex de UG, Zapopan, in Jalisco, Mexico. Trailing four rounds to none and looking poor in the fight, Solis, 29, seemed to hurt Clay with a combination in the 5th round.