Bunka Gym, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan-- WBA super featherweight champ, Takashi Uchiyama (18-0, 15 KOs) stopped Mexican interim WBA super featherweight titlist, Jorge Solis (40-4-2, 29 KOs) in the eleventh round to unify both of the organization's 130 lb. belts. At the time of the knockout, Uchiyama was ahead on all three judges' scorecards: 99-91, 98-92, 98-92. Watch full fight … [Read more...]
Uchiyama-Solis to Unify WBA 130 lb. Title, Caballero-Hosono Title Bout in Co-Feature
WBA super featherweight champ, Takashi Uchiyama (17-0, 14 KOs) looks to make the fourth defense of the title he won from Juan Carlos Salgado in 2010 against interim WBA champ, Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KOs) at the Bunka Gym in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan on Saturday, December 31. Uchiyama has been inactive since he beat fellow Japanese super featherweight, Takashi Miura, in … [Read more...]
4-Round Boxing News Brief (Latest on Cloud, Lemieux, and a championship double bill in Japan)
-- IBF light heavyweight champ, Tavoris Cloud (23-0, 19 KOs) will make the fourth defense of his belt against long-time former WBO 175 lb. titlist, Zsolt Erdei (33-0, 18 KOs) December 31st at a location to be announced. -- Canadian middleweight prospect, David Lemieux (25-1, 24 KOs) will be fighting for the first time since his TKO 7 loss to Marco Antonio Rubio in April. He … [Read more...]
Focus on the Featherweights
by Paul Magno After a supremely significant 30-day run, the dust in the featherweight division has finally settled. Here's a look at boxing's 126 lb. division-- where's it's going, where it's been, what's in store : Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KOs) affirmed his dominance of the division with a four-round annihilation of super featherweight belt holder, Jorge Solis (40-3-2, … [Read more...]
The Morehouse Weekly Awards
FIGHTER OF THE WEEK: YURIORKIS GAMBOA It sure makes picking this category easy when the biggest name in action wins by dominating knockout. Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KOs) came in to action on Saturday having only been stopped once in 44 career fights. You may have heard of the last guy to finish him, the name Pacquiao ring any bells? A tough, skilled veteran who is capable … [Read more...]