"Alan Soltero" Wins Big in Two Events

*********10/12/07 FIGHT UPDATE***********

Authentic Accepts Defeat, No Excuses!

Camera lights flashing, video rolling, this is fight night in San Juan, Puerto Rico Friday October 12, 2007. The main event, Bulmaro "Junior" Solis vs. Alex "El Pollo" De Jesus, this event was to be broadcast live through Telefutura's Solo Boxeo. This was Junior Solis's Televison debut.

This Night held Action, Curiosity and Plenty of Controversy.

The action took place both in and out of the ring. Authentic Coach and Fighter, Larry Edgar and Junior Solis, both were very captivated by the beauty of San Juan. They realized soon Puerto Rico means business when it comes to Boxing. As soon as arriving to San Juan they had to get in sync with the island and what the natives had in store for them. This was a long week of training along with large amounts of media and press coverage. It was quite obvious people were ready and anxious to see this fight take place.

The press couldn't take their eyes off of Junior Solis. The real question, was peoples curiosity… Who is Bulmaro "Junior" Solis? Solis (a Mexican American) was born in Dallas Texas, and raised in Kansas City. KC is where he has become known as a local young, talented, and aggressive fighter.

I'm sure Junior's charisma and charm kept feeding the hungry press as they eventually sought out more interviews and photographs.

Solis and Edgar came prepared, No question about it, Victory was theirs, so they thought. Little did they know all the controversy they were soon to become a part of. Alex "El Pollo" De Jesus, Solis's opponent, has had a dire reputation of not making weight for fights. He had been suspended in the past and reprimanded on several occasions for not living up to his contract. Nothing new for the De Jesus team, but unexpected for Authentic. The question soon became whether or not to continue with this match. Solis did come a couple pounds under weight and De Jesus several pounds over weight, making this match almost but impossible. Solis and Edgar made it quite clear they were there to fight, (despite all the controversy) they gave De Jesus the opportunity to come down in weight. Solis and Edgar did eventually accept the fight, though many would have advised them not to do so. " We have no regrets, we would have rather fought, than wonder what would have happened." said Edgar when asked about this fight. "Junior was more than ready, he wasn't there to loose." he said further.

The main event of the night, (finally in spite of all the issues that had taken place back stage), the Fight was On, and Solis was Ready!

As both fighters stepped into the ring you could see the confidence just radiating off Solis. He was coming to win regardless of the circumstances!

Bell rings, first round, Solis carries out his attack, coming forward at all times, Solis clearly seemed dominant in the first round. As the rounds progressed De Jesus slowly started unleashing his counter attack against Solis. ( Watching this fight as it took place, you can see an obvious size difference).

At this point every punch De Jesus landed had an effect on Solis. As the 4^th round came, Solis got in trouble, Solis dropped his left hand for a split second giving De Jesus the opportunity to catch Solis with a right hook. This was a dangerous right hook which ended up knocking Solis to the floor. The ref gave Solis an 8 count, Solis nodded to continue. By this point De Jesus came full force and to an unstable Solis who was having problems recovering from the right hook knock down, De Jesus came after Solis with blow after blow, Solis's hands slowly began dropping leaving him exposed and soon after the ref waved the fight off, determining Solis no longer able to continue. Solis tried to stay in, motioning he was alright, but as fast as he got knocked down the first time… it was already over.

"We accept the loss, No excuses! He had more experience and he was better than us." said Edgar, Solis's Trainer, when asked what he thought. When asked about the controversy surrounding this uneven match up… he stated, "It wouldn't have mattered whether he was under or overweight … He would have still got us with that right hook!", "We should have had a tighter defense!" Edgar exclaimed. This fight left Edgar and Solis with an unforgettable experience and a new lesson to learn from.

It might have been a hard blow that knocked Solis down, but it's not a hard enough blow to keep him down, he will keep moving forward. "They just through a pit-bull a steak!" said Solis with a smile when we saw him the day after the fight. He clearly plans on pushing forward, he might have not won this battle but he plans on wining the rest!

"We're coming for the Victory, so be prepared to Fight!" - ABC