By Jhonny Gonzalez
Guadalajara's Ulises "Archie" Solis is still in shock over the twelve round majority draw with IBF flyweight champion Luis Lazarte. The fight took place on Saturday's in the champion's country of Argentina.
Solis was sure of victory after the final bell hand rung and began to celebrate. The expression on his face began to change when the scores came out. Hector Afu of Panama, and Richard Green of the United States saw it 113-113, and John Madfis of the United States had Solis winning 117-109.
Many saw Solis as the clear victor in the fight and the champion lost two points for repeated fouls. Solis can't believe the referee, who was from the United States, did not issue a disqualification call against the champion. Solis said the champion used his head, threw repeated low blows, repeated punches to the back of the head and even bit him.
"I feel frustrated after watching the fight. I dominated him. I won the fight, but what can you expect when you are the vistor fighting in the other boxer's home. Even with the draw, people said it was a good fight. I can walk away with my head held high because I did well for Mexico," Solis said. "I do not know what happened to the judges and referee. Lazarte bit me and hit me with many low blows. He is nothing special and I assure you that he will lose the title if he fights overseas."
"I'm not going back to Argentina. The reporters and people from Argentina apologized to me and said I was the winner. I dominated and I am the real champion. Why should I return to Argentina and risk another robbery. I'll do a rematch in Mexico or Las Vegas. Let's see what happens. We will challenge this decision and if nothing is done to fix this, then I'll go for a title with another sanctioning organization. I was mugged. I won the championship."
Solis said the entire setting was made for disaster and the judges likely were not able to watch the fight without distractions.
"The ring was very close to people. There was a protective fence but people could approach the corner. They were shouting things and throwing things. We were in close contact with the public, and that's bad for the show," Solis said.
