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PACQUIAO COMES THROUGH DESPITE CUT
Super-featherweight king Manny Pacquiao obliterated the unbeaten record of Jorge Solis in Texas with an eighth-round stoppage win on Saturday night.
In front of more than 14,000 fans in San Antonio's Alamodome, Filipino southpaw Pacquiao (44-3-2, 34 knockouts) floored Solis (32-1-2, 1 ND, 23 KOs) twice in the eighth round, the second of which forced referee Vic Drakulich to count him out.
'Pacman', 28, took time to adapt to the Mexican's unorthodox style early in the fight and was cut above the left eye by an accidental headbutt in the sixth round.
Spurred on by the cut, Pacquiao immediately rushed to Solis, throwing several big punches which rocked his opponent.
The tempo was maintained in the seventh round before the General Santos City native floored Solis.
And, in the eighth, Solis was unable to withstand the pressure, beating the count once after being officially knocked down for the first time - he had earlier been pushed to the floor.
Sensing the stoppage victory, Pacquiao pressed home his advantage to knock Solis down again and, while the Guadalajara man got to his knees, he failed to beat the count and suffered the first defeat of his 36-fight career.
"When I got cut, I knew I needed to throw more combinations to knock him out," Pacquiao said afterwards.
"When he got hurt and saved by the bell, I decided to go to the body and head to finish him off."
The win saw Pacquiao, regarded as the world's top 130lb fighter, retain the nominal WBC International super-featherweight belt.
Pacquiao now turns his attention to the forthcoming Congressional elections in his homeland before aiming to land a rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez.
Saturday's undercard included two world-title fights.
Mexico's Cristian Mijares, 25, defended his recently won WBC super flyweight championship with a dominating showing against two-time former world champion Jorge Arce of Mexico. The 12-round bout was won to Mijares on scores of 119-109, 118-110, 117-111.
And in a battle for the vacant WBC light-flyweight championship, Mexico City's Edgar Sosa surprised the division's former champion, Brian Viloria of Honolulu, 115-113, 115-113, 114-114.
PACQUIAO COMES THROUGH DESPITE CUT
Super-featherweight king Manny Pacquiao obliterated the unbeaten record of Jorge Solis in Texas with an eighth-round stoppage win on Saturday night.
In front of more than 14,000 fans in San Antonio's Alamodome, Filipino southpaw Pacquiao (44-3-2, 34 knockouts) floored Solis (32-1-2, 1 ND, 23 KOs) twice in the eighth round, the second of which forced referee Vic Drakulich to count him out.
'Pacman', 28, took time to adapt to the Mexican's unorthodox style early in the fight and was cut above the left eye by an accidental headbutt in the sixth round.
Spurred on by the cut, Pacquiao immediately rushed to Solis, throwing several big punches which rocked his opponent.
The tempo was maintained in the seventh round before the General Santos City native floored Solis.
And, in the eighth, Solis was unable to withstand the pressure, beating the count once after being officially knocked down for the first time - he had earlier been pushed to the floor.
Sensing the stoppage victory, Pacquiao pressed home his advantage to knock Solis down again and, while the Guadalajara man got to his knees, he failed to beat the count and suffered the first defeat of his 36-fight career.
"When I got cut, I knew I needed to throw more combinations to knock him out," Pacquiao said afterwards.
"When he got hurt and saved by the bell, I decided to go to the body and head to finish him off."
The win saw Pacquiao, regarded as the world's top 130lb fighter, retain the nominal WBC International super-featherweight belt.
Pacquiao now turns his attention to the forthcoming Congressional elections in his homeland before aiming to land a rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez.
Saturday's undercard included two world-title fights.
Mexico's Cristian Mijares, 25, defended his recently won WBC super flyweight championship with a dominating showing against two-time former world champion Jorge Arce of Mexico. The 12-round bout was won to Mijares on scores of 119-109, 118-110, 117-111.
And in a battle for the vacant WBC light-flyweight championship, Mexico City's Edgar Sosa surprised the division's former champion, Brian Viloria of Honolulu, 115-113, 115-113, 114-114.
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