ULISES SOLIS BEATS GLENN DONAIRE, KEEPS IBF CROWN
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 13 Jul 2008
Los Angeles:- Not too many fighters in their whole career get an opportunity to get a shot at a title, and not too many gets to do it for the second time.
Glenn ?The Filipino Bomber? Donaire did, but unfortunately the fight he was involved with which gave him a shot at history, did not come out the way Donaire has hoped. Donaire lost via a hard 12 round UD to the current IBF light flyweight, Ulises ?Archie? Solis.
From our point of view, Solis did not win the fight. The judges simply gave it to him. Donaire was the aggressor all through out the fight and he connected more than Solis.
But, such is the fight game in Mexico. So what else is new?
But even in defeat, Donaire should keep his chin up. On the first place, no one gave him a chance to grab the title other than his Team and a few close supporters, this writer included. And, the odd-makers even tag him as a 15-1 underdog. What was important was he fought like a champ and he gave it all and left everything on the ring. To think that he accepted the fight even when it was held at Solis? home country speaks volume of the man.
Had the fight ended differently, Donaire would have created history. He would have been a world champ simultaneously with his younger brother Nonito Jr., the current IBF flyweight champion.
Top photo: IBF lightfly champ Ulises Solis (L) lands a jab at Filipino challenger Glenn Donaire during their title fight at Palenque de la Expo in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico moments ago.
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