Gamboa knocks out Solis in fourth round
March 28, 2011, Monday
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YURIORKIS Gamboa stopped Jorge Solis in the fourth round on Saturday night to defend his WBA and IBF featherweight titles.
Gamboa (20-0, 16 KOs) delivered a sensational performance before a sellout crowd of 2,913 at Boardwalk Hall's Adrian Phillips Ballroom in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The Cuban defector who now lives in Miami knocked down Solis five times, twice in the fourth.
Solis, from Guadalajara, Mexico, 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.
"It was a very good fight," Gamboa said through an interpreter. "I am completely different from (earlier in my career). The package is complete."
He also dropped Solis twice in the second round behind a left hook and overhand right, respectively, then flattened him with a left hook to the jaw just before the bell to end the third round.
Solis dropped to 40-3-1.
"I'll fight anyone now," Gamboa said.
Most boxing fans are clamoring for Gamboa to take on WBO champion Juan Manuel Lopez, who was in attendance at ringside and joined Gamboa in the ring afterward.
Chris John is also a possibility.
"I've never said no and he's never said no," Lopez said. "We have to negotiate it. We're the best in the division. We have to do it."
The 29-year-old Gamboa was making the fifth defense of the WBA title he earned in 2009, just two years after defecting from his native Cuba and making his pro debut. He won an Olympic gold medal for Cuba at the 2004 Games in Athens.
Gamboa (20-0, 16 KOs) delivered a sensational performance before a sellout crowd of 2,913 at Boardwalk Hall's Adrian Phillips Ballroom in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The Cuban defector who now lives in Miami knocked down Solis five times, twice in the fourth.
Solis, from Guadalajara, Mexico, 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.
"It was a very good fight," Gamboa said through an interpreter. "I am completely different from (earlier in my career). The package is complete."
He also dropped Solis twice in the second round behind a left hook and overhand right, respectively, then flattened him with a left hook to the jaw just before the bell to end the third round.
Solis dropped to 40-3-1.
"I'll fight anyone now," Gamboa said.
Most boxing fans are clamoring for Gamboa to take on WBO champion Juan Manuel Lopez, who was in attendance at ringside and joined Gamboa in the ring afterward.
Chris John is also a possibility.
"I've never said no and he's never said no," Lopez said. "We have to negotiate it. We're the best in the division. We have to do it."
The 29-year-old Gamboa was making the fifth defense of the WBA title he earned in 2009, just two years after defecting from his native Cuba and making his pro debut. He won an Olympic gold medal for Cuba at the 2004 Games in Athens.
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