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Luis Solis had few problems with
Nery Saguilan on Sunday,
February 18, impressively
controlling his fellow
countryman for most of the fight
before scoring a twelfth round
technical knockout to win the
vacant World Boxing Federation
(WBF) World Light Welterweight
title at the Palenque de Gallos
in Comitan, Mexico.
“Muecas”
Solis, now 24-8-4 (20), boxed
very disciplined, using his
height and reach advantage to
keep the unorthodox Saguilan at
bay, and landed many crisp
combinations to the head of
“Pantera”. Saguilan, 38-9-1 (13)
going in, had a difficult time
closing the gab, and rarely
found an opportunity to let his
punches go.
Only in the fifth round did
Saguilan have some considerable
success, when he landed a
barrage of hard punches at the
end of the stanza that appeared
to rock his foe. But Solis
recovered well and boxed his way
out of trouble.
Other than that, most of the
rounds were identical with Solis
on top. In the final round it
was clear to everyone that
Saguilan was so far behind on
the cards that he needed a
knockout to win, but he didn't
come out with the urgency
required to turn things in his
favour.
Instead he found it appropriate
to goat Solis by dropping his
hands, and when Solis
consequently responded by
landing two massive shots,
referee Jesus Salcedo had seen
enough and waved procedings off.
Time of stoppage was 1:50.
The fight was the main event of
a show promoted by Jose Duran
and his Promociones Milenium.
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