Solis vs. Botha moved to Miami, Herbie Hide stepping in to defend in Bilbao

Sorry to all Spanish boxing fans! Because there have been so many request from the United States regarding heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis recently promoter Ahmet Öner decided to move the fight between the three-times world amateur champion and 2004 Olympic gold medallist and “White Buffalo” Francois Botha from the show on May 30th in Bilbao to the next US-show on June 27th in Miami. Solis will be fighting on the same card as Cuban defector and freshly crowned WBC international champion Yuriorkis Gamboa who will step into the ring against WBA #2 rated Jose “Cheo” Rojas the same night. “We will make it a Cuban night”, states Öner. “Our gold medallists are ready to shine.”

As ‘compensation’ for taking Solis out of the Bilbao-card Öner decided to put in former WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide who will defend his WBC international championship against Ehinomen Ehikhamenor from Benin (fighting out of New York). “That’s great!” says the “Dancing Destroyer”, “I always want to fight. I don’t know this other kid and I surely can’t spell his name but I will show the world that I can knock him out. The cruiserweight division seems to be wide open at the moment and I will make my statement to show that I’m the next champion of the world!”

In the co-main event of the night German heavyweight prospect Konstantin Airich faces no other than “Brixton Bomber” Danny Williams.