Liborio Solis: record, next fight and profile →
Australia's Jason Moloney is looking to jump right back in the deep end and land another fight at a world title. Moloney's last outing saw him deconstruct the threat of Cris Paulino in a systematic fashion, stopping the Filipino Bantamweight inside 6 rounds in a fight that Moloney saw as a warning shot to the Bantamweight division.
"It's been a crazy year hasn't it?" Ponders Dave Coldwell. A period that began with disappointment finished with a similar feeling but the success in between was enough to leave the Sheffield trainer with a satisfied feeling during our chat. A central character of world title action and domestic grudge matches, Coldwell has endured and enjoyed his 2017 in boxing, but hopes that the brief setbacks he suffered during the last 12 months can be rectified in 2018.
PAUL BUTLER is confident that he will fight for the world title next. The Ellesmere Port bantamweight had been on a collision course to face Jamie McDonnell for the WBA ‘regular’ world title after winning a final eliminator back in September. But McDonnell has indicated a desire to move up to super-bantamweight, leaving ‘Baby-Faced Assassin’ Butler at something of a lose end.
Last Saturday night’s anticipated rematch between Jamie McDonnell and Liborio Solis ended in unsatisfactory fashion when the fight had to be stopped in the third round due to a cut over McDonnell’s eye. As the cut was caused by an unintentional clash of heads, the fight was declared a no contest as four rounds had not been completed.
McDonnell vs. Solis Rematch Photos Gallery - Salle Medecin in Monte Carlo, Monaco - In what was his last contest in the weight class, WBA bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (29-2-1, 13 KOs) fought to a three round no-decision in his rematch with Liborio Solis (25-5-1, 11 KOs). An accident clash of heads opened up a bad cut above the left eye of McDonnell in the third round and it was quickly determined that he was unable to continue.
Salle Medecin in Monte Carlo, Monaco - In what was his last contest in the weight class, WBA bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (29-2-1, 13 KOs) fought to a three round no-decision in his rematch with Liborio Solis (25-5-1, 11 KOs). Photo by Lawrence Lustig. An accident clash of heads opened up a bad cut above the left eye of McDonnell in the third round and it was quickly determined that he was unable to continue.
McDonnell vs. Solis Weights Photos Gallery - Light-Heavyweight star Dmitry Bivol and the rematch between Jamie McDonnell and Liborio Solis for McDonnell’s WBA World Bantamweight title top the Monte-Carlo Boxing Bonanza – a night of World Championship Boxing in the prestigious Salle Médecin of the Casino de Monte-Carlo on Saturday November 4, live on Sky Sports. Photos by Lawrence Lustig.
Jamie McDonnell and Liborio Solis return to Monte-Carlo to rematch for the WBA World Bantamweight title on Saturday night live on Sky Sports from the prestigious Salle Médecin of the Casino de Monte-Carlo, and McDonnell has vowed to leave no doubt in the victory this time, while Solis is gunning for revenge. McDonnell defeated Solis in November by scores of 117-111, 116-112 and 115-113, cards that prompted Solis’ team to appeal the result and the WBA to order a rematch.
Light-Heavyweight star Dmitry Bivol and the rematch between Jamie McDonnell and Liborio Solis for McDonnell’s WBA World Bantamweight title top the Monte-Carlo Boxing Bonanza – a night of World Championship Boxing in the prestigious Salle Médecin of the Casino de Monte-Carlo on Saturday November 4, live on Sky Sports.
On August 9th, the World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee called for a purse bid to be held on Monday, August 21st, 2017, for the rematch between British Jamie McDonnell and Venezuelan Liborio Solis - who will battle for the bantamweight title. The WBA ordered both parties to negotiate on January 31st, 2017 and granted them 30 days to reach an agreement according to Championships Rule C36.