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Julian Solis

BORN   January 7 1957; Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
HEIGHT 5-5
WEIGHT 117 1/4 - 133 lbs
TRAINER Teddy Atlas

Solis had a highly successful career in the beginning but ran into "troubled waters" as he moved up in competition; He boxed well but was not a power hitter; During his career, he won the WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World and the WBC FECARBOX Bantamweight Championship

Julian defeated such men as Jorge Lujan, Anthony Boyle, Manuel Batista, Julio Cesar Saba, Julio Soto Solano, Gilberto Illueca and Welile Nkosinkulu

1975
Nov 11 Ray Negron                 San Juan, Puerto Rico              W  4
Dec 20 Ruben Maldonado            San Juan, Puerto Rico              W  4

1976
Mar 20 Juan Francisco Rodriguez   San Juan, Puerto Rico              W  4
Apr  5 Luis Cruz                  San Juan, Puerto Rico              W  4
Jun  5 Jorge Cruz                 San Juan, Puerto Rico             KO  4
Dec  4 Juan Gomez                 Philipsburg, Netherlands Antilles KO  2

1977
Oct  8 Luis Rosario               Carolina, Puerto Rico              W 10
Dec  3 Felix Villetta             San Juan, Puerto Rico             KO  6

1978
Feb 12 Livio Nolasco              Carolina, Puerto Rico              W 10
Mar 15 Leopoldo Frias             San Domingo, Dominican Republic    W 10
Jun 10 Jose Jimenez               Carolina, Puerto Rico             KO  2
Aug 26 Jaime Ricardo              Carolina, Puerto Rico             KO  8
Oct 16 Julio Soto Solano          San Domingo, Dominican Republic    W 12
          -WBC FECARBOX Bantamweight Championship
Nov 27 Gilberto Illueca           San Juan, Puerto Rico              W 10

1979
Mar 24 Guillermo Almongot         San Juan, Puerto Rico              W 10
Jun  2 Julio Cesar Saba           Cordoba, Argentina                TK  8
          -Some sources report "Buenos Aires, Argentina"
Sep 25 Bobby Flores               Miami Beach, Fl                   KO  1
Dec 18 Juan Ramirez               Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico          KO  2

1980
Feb  2 Edgar Roman                Caracas, Venezuela                KO 12
          -WBC FECARBOX Bantamweight Championship
May 31 Welile Nkosinkulu          Mdantsane, EastCape, SAfrica       W 10
Aug 29 Jorge Lujan                Miami Beach, Fl                    W 15
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Nov 14 Jeff Chandler              Miami Beach, Fl                   LT 14
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World

1981
May 23 Humberto Rodriguez         San Juan, Puerto Rico             KO  8
Jul 25 Jeff Chandler              Atlantic City, NJ                 LK  7
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Nov  5 Francisco Bejines          Los Angeles, Ca                   LT  7
          -Some sources report 11/12/81

1982
Feb 20 Ismael Santana             San Juan, Puerto Rico             TK  7
Mar 29 Jorge Araya                Santiago, Chile                   KO  4
Aug 18 Heriberto Olivares         San Juan, Puerto Rico              W 10

1983
Feb 12 Epifanio Melendez          Canovanas, Puerto Rico            KO  4
Apr 23 Ruben Dario Herasme        Ponce, Puerto Rico                KO  4
Aug 13 Bernardo Checa             Panama City, Panama                D 12
          -WBA Fedelatin Super Bantamweight Championship
Oct 27 Manuel Santos              Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico         W 10
Dec 14 Julio Guerrero             San Juan, Puerto Rico             KO  5

1984
Feb 18 Jorge Ortiz                Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico        KO  4
Jul 21 Terry Kemp                 Ponce, Puerto Rico                KO  2
Sep  6 Manuel Batista             San Juan, Puerto Rico              W 10
Dec  8 Kenny Mitchell             San Juan, Puerto Rico              W 10

1985
May 19 David Campo                San Juan, Puerto Rico              W 10

1986
Mar  2 Mike Ayala                 San Antonio, Tx                    L 10
Nov 28 Frankie Salas              Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles  KO  6

1987
Feb 21 Larry Highsmith            San Juan, Puerto Rico             KO  3
Apr  9 Joe Ruelas                 Inglewood, Ca                     LK  3
          -Some sources report "Las Vegas, Nv";
          Some sources report 4/10/87
Jul 30 Victor Baez                San Juan, Puerto Rico              W 10
Dec 11 Maurizio Stecca            Livorno, Italy                    LF  6

1988
Mar 20 Seung Hoon Lee             Ulsan, South Korea                 L 10
May 30 Tony Williams              Trumbull, Ct                       W  8
Oct 14 Jesus Poll                 Las Vegas, Nv                      L 12
          -NABF Super Bantamweight Championship

1989
Jan 17 Pedro Ruben Decima         Las Vegas, Nv                      L 10
Apr 30 Simon Skosana              Springs, Gauteng, SAfrica          L 10

1990
Jan  4 Anthony Boyle              Philadelphia, Pa                  TK  6
Apr 10 Mike Cruz                  Miami Beach, Fl                   KO  2

1991
Jan  8 Calvin Grove               Philadelphia, Pa                   L 10
Jun 26 Jeff Roberts               Philadelphia, Pa                  KO  3

1992
Jun 16 Tony Green                 Philadelphia, Pa                   L 10
Dec 15 Stephane Haccoun           Ozieri, Italy                     LK  6


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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