Jorge Solís’ Body-Shot Breakthrough
On February 6, 2010, Jorge “Coloradito” Solís stopped Colombia’s Likar Ramos with a seventh-round body shot in Mérida, Mexico, to claim the WBA interim super-featherweight championship. Solís later challenged Yuriorkis Gamboa and Takashi Uchiyama in world-title bouts but lost both contests by stoppage.
On February 6, 2010, Solís stopped Colombia’s Likar Ramos in the seventh round in Mérida, Mexico, to win the interim belt. BoxingScene’s contemporary report identifies the championship, opponent and finish.
Solís later challenged Yuriorkis Gamboa at featherweight in March 2011 and lost by a fourth-round stoppage. Back at super featherweight, he challenged Takashi Uchiyama in Yokohama on December 31, 2011, losing in the eleventh round. WBA: Uchiyama–Solís result.
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Solís’s interim championship was one point in a career that moved between featherweight and super featherweight. The 2010 win over Likar Ramos gave him the WBA interim belt at 130 pounds, while his later challenges against Yuriorkis Gamboa and Takashi Uchiyama came against established champions in separate divisions. The distinction matters: Solís had a recognized interim title, but his later bouts against Gamboa and Uchiyama were challenges rather than additional title wins (BoxingScene report).
The Uchiyama fight on New Year’s Eve 2011 was a particularly difficult assignment. Solís traveled to Yokohama to face the reigning WBA champion and was stopped in the eleventh round. The result followed his fourth-round loss to Gamboa earlier that year and closed a demanding sequence against top-level opponents. Taken together, those fights show why a résumé can include world-title challenges without implying a long reign: Solís earned major opportunities, won an interim championship and then tested himself against champions in more than one weight class.
Winning and defending the interim championship
Solís secured the Ramos victory with a left hook to the body in round seven, after also scoring a knockdown in the previous round. The win followed a decision loss to Cristobal Cruz and gave him a new championship opportunity at 130 pounds.
He successfully defended the interim belt twice in 2010. In May, he defeated Mario Santiago by unanimous decision over twelve rounds. In September, he stopped Francisco Cordero in the sixth round in Guadalajara, using two knockdowns on the way to the finish. Those defenses made the title-winning Ramos bout the beginning of a sustained run rather than an isolated result.
Challenges in two weight divisions
The 2011 Gamboa fight took place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City for the WBA featherweight championship. Gamboa won at 1:31 of round four. Solís’s later Uchiyama challenge returned him to super featherweight, illustrating the movement between the neighboring divisions during this stage of his career. His interim championship and the two subsequent defenses remain distinct from those later unsuccessful challenges for full world titles.
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