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Boxing: Venezuela's Solis becomes WBA super fly champion

Agence France-PresseMay 6, 2013 10:46
Liborio Solis of Venezuela pounded out a points win over defending champion Kohei Kono of Japan to claim the World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight title on Monday. Two of the judges had Solis ahead, 115-111 and 114-112, while the other scored it 113-113. Kono counter-attacked with a straight right to knock Solis down in the second round. But the Venezuelan also had Kono on the canvas in the eighth after unleashing a left hook.

Boxing: Japan's Uchiyama, Kono to defend WBA titles

March 11, 2013 04:30
The World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama and super flyweight champion Kohei Kono will defend their titles in May, their gym said on Monday. The two bouts will take place in Tokyo on May 6. It will be Uchiyama's seventh defence of the title he wrested from Juan Carlos Salgado of Mexico in January 2010. Uchiyama, unbeaten at 19 wins, including 16 KOs and one draw, will take on 10th-ranked Jaider Parra of Venezuela.
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