Pacquiao beats Solis at 8
Monday, April 16th, 2007Cebu Coliseum and main mall cinemas here in Cebu were jampacked of people as they watched Manny Pacquiao’s fight yesterday. A winner by TKO on the 8th round with Solis is another history and we Filipinos could make Pacquiao someone to be proud of.
The fight was lived via sattelite from SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Manny Pacquiao stopped Jorge Solis with a powerful right hand in the eighth round Saturday night after struggling through the opening five rounds and being cut by a head butt in the sixth.
Pacquiao (44-3-2, 34 knockouts) holds the WBC international super featherweight belt, and is the WBC’s No. 1 contender to the super featherweight title held by Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico. Solis, the brother of IBF light flyweight champion Ulises Solis, lost for the first time in 35 fights.