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Solis challenges McDonnell win
- Updated: November 23, 2016
The WBA has revealed that Liborio Solis has officially challenged this month’s points defeat to Britain’s Jamie McDonnell.
The Doncaster fighter retained his WBA bantamweight title with a unanimous decision over Solis in Monte Carlo, with one judge scoring the fight 117-111.
Solis has since submitted a protest about the scoring to the governing body, which confirmed the challenge to Sky Sports, and McDonnell’s trainer and manager Dave Coldwell insists his fighter would consider a rematch if it is ordered and he remains in the weight division.
“At the end of the day, if he stays at bantamweight we haven’t got a problem with a rematch,” Coldwell told …
