Video: Jorge Solis Not Intimidated By Yuriorkis Gamboa
Bill Emes catches up with featherweight contender Jorge Solis with IBF/WBA champion Yuriokris Gamboa, strategy and more.
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HBO Will Air Clips of Tommy Z's Fight on Gamboa-Solis
Highlights from B altimore R avens safety Tommy "Tommy Z" Zbikowski's fight on the non-televised undercard of Saturday's Yuriorkis Gamboa-Jorge Solis world featherweight championship fight, in Atlantic City, will be shown by HBO on "Boxing After Dark," beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). This will mark Tommy Z's first fight with Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward working his cormer.
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Solis: With Pacquiao I Wasn't Ready, I'll Beat Gamboa
Jorge "Coloradito" Solis is a world champion on his own right, but on Saturday night he will not only be a challenger but also the underdog to undefeated Cuban sensation Yuriorkis Gamboa who will put up his WBA and IBFfeatherweight world championship against the tough Mexican in the main event of "Featherweight Fury" to take place at the Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City and to be televised by HBO on "Boxing After Dark".
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Photo: Yuriorkis Gamboa, Jorge Solis Meet Face To Face
Atlantic City,New Jersey --- "Featherweight Fury" --- (L-R) Undefeated WBA & IBF Featherweight Champion Yuriorkis Gamboa, Miami,Florida and challenger Jorge Solis, Guadalajara, Mexico pose overlooking the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk as they get set to do battle on Saturday, March 26, at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. This championship main event, Gamboa vs Solis is promoted by Top Rank, in association with Arena Box and Caesars Atlantic City and will be televised on HBO's Boxing After Dark. --- Photo Credit : Chris Farina/Top Rank
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Yuriorkis Gamboa: Talent To Stand The Test Of Time
By Jake Donovan - On the one hand, a lesson that could’ve been learned by Yuriorkis Gamboa in watching his countryman try and fail at the sport’s top level last weekend, it’s that patience is a virtue. On the other hand, perhaps the lesson to have been learned by Odlanier Solis heading into his bout with Vitali Klitschko is that he’s no Yuriorks Gamboa. The pair of Olympic Gold medalists and Cuban defectors has been matched at a brisk pace from the moment they turned pro nearly four years ago. Neither fighter has ever faced an opponent with a losing record. Nor have they ever been matched against anyone with less pro experience. But when it came time to produce at the title level, one has delivered while the other has yet to make it out of the first round. In fairness, Gamboa has yet to face the featherweight equivalent of Vitali Klitschko. Then again, Solis managed to make it to the title level without even having to face the heavyweight equivalent of anyone Gamboa has faced in his past several fights. Time will tell if Solis can rebound from last weekend’s debacle. His conditioning suggested that he took the fight seriously, weighing in at a near career low 246.9 lb. He appeared to give a good account of himself before being buzzed by a head shot towards the end of the round. The attempt to regain his balance was a failed effort, as he landed the wrong way on his leg and collapsed to the canvas in pain, which provided an anticlimactic ending to a fight that never had a chance to get going. What remains in question is just how well Solis can perform at the contender level while waiting to get back in line. While matched aggressively early on, his competition leveled off once he was moved in position to fight for the title. His toughest opponent prior to last weekend was Ray Austin, a fight in which Solis was in poor condition and struggled mightily before coming on late and eventually winning by disqualification.
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Jorge Solis Hits Atlantic City, Ready For Gamboa Bout
ATLANTIC CITY - Jorge "Coloradito" Solis is already in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where on Saturday he will take part in a career defining fight. Solis (40-2-2,29 KOs) will look for his second divisional title when he faces Yuriorkis" Cyclone of Guantanamo. Gamboa (19-0-0, 15 KOs) is the featherweight champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation (IBF). The show will be co-promoted by Zanfer and Top Rank and televised by TV Azteca in Mexico and in the United States by HBO.
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Tommy Zbikowski Returns on The Gamboa-Solis Card
According to Top Rank's CEO, Bob Arum, heavyweight Tommy "Tommy Z" Zbikowski (2-0, 2KOs) will return on March 26th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The main event is an HBO televised featherweight bout between WBA/IBF champion Yuriorkis Gamboa, and WBA interim-super featherweight champion Jorge Solis.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa: I'm Ready To Beat Anyone in My Path
Yuriorkis Gamboa (19-0, 15 KO) returns to the ring on March 26 in Atlantic City, where he defends his WBA and IBF featherweight titles against the WBA's interim champion at super featherweight, Jorge Solis (40-2-2, 29 KO). Gamboa believes that his career is starting to gain a lot of momentum, but he also admits that his biggest battles are still to come.
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