Yafai vs Solano

Who won Yafai vs Solano?

Gamal Yafai beat Arnoldo Solano by points in the 8th round on Saturday 9th May 2015 at Barclaycard Arena (formerly NIA) in Birmingham.

The scorecards were announced as 80-71 in favor of winner Gamal Yafai.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 KG).

Yafai vs Solano stats

Back in May 2015, Gamal Yafai stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 5 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Arnoldo Solano made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws.

The stats suggested Yafai had a massive power advantage over Solano, boosting at 60% knock out percentage over Solano's 0%.

Gamal Yafai was the same age as Arnoldo Solano, at 24 years old.

Both Gamal Yafai & Arnoldo Solano fought out of an orthodox stance.

Yafai was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 year and 5 months later than Solano, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 140 to Solano's 146.

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