Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Jorge Solis

Featherweight Fury
Date March 26, 2011
Location United StatesBoardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA[1]
Title(s) on the line WBA Featherweight & vacant IBF Featherweight Title.
Tale of the tape
Cuba Yuriorkis Gamboa Mexico Jorge Solis
Nickname El Ciclon de Guantánamo Coloradito
Hometown Guantanamo, Cuba Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Pre-fight record 19-0-0 (15 KO's) 40-2-2 (29 KO's)
Height 5′ 5″ 5′ 8″
Recognition WBA Featherweight & IBF Featherweight Champion. interim WBA Super Featherweight
Result
Gamboa defeats Solis by TKO of round 4.

Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Jorge Solis is a 126-pound world title title fight live on HBO's Boxing After Dark. In a featherweight double-header.[2]

The Fight

Gamboa stopped Solis in the fourth round Saturday night to defend his Featherweight title. Gamboa delivered a sensational performance knocking down Solis five times, twice in the fourth before a sellout crowd of 2,913 at Boardwalk Hall's Adrian Phillips Ballroom. The Mexican was overwhelmed by a combination of quickness (hands and feet) and punching power that rivals another of Solis’ elite opponents, Manny Pacquiao, who had some trouble with Solis before stopping him in eight rounds in a junior lightweight bout in 2007. Solis, from Guadalajara hit the canvas early in the fourth from a straight right. He got up, but Gamboa pinned him in a corner and pummeled him with punches until referee David Fields stepped in to halt the bout at 1:31 of the round.[3][4]

Main Card

Televised

Gamboa defeats Solis via TKO at 1:31 of round 4.
Garcia defeats Remillard via RTD at 3:00 of round 10.

Untelevised

Kennedy defeats Diaz via unanimous decision.
Tapia defeats Medina via unanimous decision.
Zbikowski defeats Grummet via unanimous decision.
Perez defeats Williams via TKO of round 1.
Cartagena defeats Gonzalez via unanimous decision.

References

  1. "Boxing: Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Jorge Solis". Atlantic City Event. 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
  2. Kyc, Raphael (2011-03-10). "Yuriorkis Gamboa I'm ready to beat anyone in my path". Boxingscene. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
  3. Rosenthal, Michael (2011-03-27). "Gamboa blossoms before our eyes in fourth-round KO of Solis". RingTv. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  4. Rafael, Dan (2011-03-27). "Yuriorkis Gamboa KOs Jorge Solis". ESPN. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
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