On March 26, 2011, Yuriorkis Gamboa (19-0, 15 KOs), the featherweight WBA (Unified) champion, defends his title against Mexican challenger, Jorge Solis (41-2-2, 30 KOs).
Yuriorkis Gamboa is coming in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Orlando Salido, 6 months and 15 days ago. Jorge Solis is on a 3-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Francisco Cordero, 6 months and 22 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Yuriorkis Gamboa at 99-1 winning odds. Jorge Solis really doesn't have much to present against Gamboa.
Yuriorkis Gamboa stopped Jorge Solís via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Unified) featherweight title. Gamboa improves his record to 20-0 (16 KOs), while Solis adds a loss to his record at 41-3-2.