Posted on 12/21/2022
Details on the competitors in the eight-round super flyweight bout between Andy Dominguez and Marvin Solano, taking place at Sony Hall in New York City on Wednesday night.
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8 Rounds — Super
Flyweights
ANDY DOMINGUEZ
Age — 24
Record — 8-0, 6 KO’s
Height — 5’3″
Weight — 113.8
Age — 24
Originally from — Mexico City
Fights out of — Las Vegas
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Dominguez originally hails from the Mexico City area, but he’s not a city boy,
describing himself as a farm kid. He moved to the Bronx at age ten, and says he
was picked on by classmates to the extent that it landed him in a number of
skirmishes. So his mom took him to a gym at the age of 13, and he’s been active
in the sport ever since.
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He had 59 amateur bouts, and captured three New York Golden Gloves
championships.
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His professional debut took place in August of 2020, with a four-round decision
over Jonathan Correa Alamo. The only other opponent to go the distance with him
was Ivan Vasquez last November.
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On March 26th, he knocked out Jeronil Borres with a body shot in the first
round. In his next fight, on May 14th, he stopped Edwin Reyes in the fourth
round to win the WBA Fedecentro flyweight title, which was vacant at the time.
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Currently, Dominguez is ranked 13th in the world as a flyweight by the World
Boxing Association.
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He works behind a very good jab, and is known to be a good finisher.
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In his last bout, he finished it quickly, with a sensational one-punch knockout
over Ricardo Caraballo in the Sony Hall ring on October 13.
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Still maintains his Bronx ties, but he trains in Las Vegas.
* He has expressed that one of the reasons he’d like to become a world champion is to “have a platform to help and Inspire other people.”
MARVIN SOLANO
Record — 24-7, 6 KO’s
Height — 5’7-1/2″
Weight — 114
Age — 32
Originally from — Managua, Nicaragua
Fights out of — Managua, Nicaragua
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Was a member of the Nicaraguan national team as an amateur.
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Turned pro in November 2012 with a four-round decision over Edwin Lara.
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Comes into this fight with an enormous advantage in experience over Andy
Dominguez. Solano has boxed 178 rounds in his career and has been into the
eighth round nine times. Dominguez has 18 total rounds under his belt and has
never gone beyond four rounds.
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Solano won his first 13 pro fights, before moving up in level of competition.
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In December 2018, had an opportunity against Jeyvier Cintron, a two-time
Olympian from Puerto Rico, but was disqualified in eight rounds.
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Won the WBC Continental Americas super bantamweight (115-pound) championship with
a ten-round decision over Dewayne Beamon (11/16/19).
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In March 2021, Solano fought Juan Carlos Camacho (who was 11-1) on NBC Sports
Network and lost a split decision over eight rounds. He was able to keep his
distance and score from the outside for much of the fight. He went down three
times from low blows, but it was the fourth one – which happened in the eighth
round – that he felt was another low blow but was called a knockdown instead
and may have made the difference on the scorecards in favor of the hometown
boxer (Camacho is from Puerto Rico).
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In his last bout, Solano moved up in weight to challenge for the WBC
Continental Americas bantamweight crown, but was stopped in three rounds by
Ramon Cardenas. That was on August 14 of last year, and he hasn’t been in the
ring since.
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Solano is tall for his weight, and is sometimes able to effectively use that to
his advantage. He’s basically a stand up boxer who has to make use of his jab
to control things with Dominguez.