Takashi Uchiyama-Jorge Solis is Set For January 10

By Jhonny Gonzalez

A hot main event has been finalized for January 10 at the Ariake Colosseum inTokyo, Japan. WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama (16-0, 13KOs) will make the third defense of the title that he won in January with a knockout of Juan Carlos Salgado. The opponent is none other than WBA-interim champion Jorge Solis (40-2-2, 29KOs) of Mexico. Solis has been on a good roll with recent wins over Francsico Cordero, Mario Santiago and Likar Ramos.

In the co-feature, Ryol Li Lee (17-1, 8KOs) will make the first defense of the WBA super bantamweight title against Akifumi Shimoda (22-2, 10KOs). The first fight for Lee since October's upset win over Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym to win the title.