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...]