Brad Solomon

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Solomon (left) gets inside of Galarza's power shot.

History

74-5 as an amatuer

Golden Gloves champ
2005 - Welterweight
2006 - Light Welterweight
2007 - Light Welterweight

turned pro 2/22/08

I planned on make a thread about this guy this past weekend, but my computer choked out and I forgot about it. He is a 27 year old prospect 12-0 (4 KOs) I have only seen him fight twice, last friday against the then undefeated Puerto Rican slugger prospect Kenny Galarza (13-0 (13KOs)) Where he easily boxed his way to a wide victory only one judge gave Galarza one round the other two cards were shutouts, I had a shutout on my card as well.

The other time I saw him was back in december against another prospect that had a lot of hype, partially because of his name and partially because of his dominance against early competition 'The New' Ray Robinson at the time Robinson was 11-0 (4 KOs). Two judges had it 7 rounds for Solomon with 1 to Robinson (as did I on my card) and one judge scored it a draw.

The case in both fights was the same, Solomon used superior movement, superior accuracy, and a work rate that increased throughout the fights. I know most aren't fans of pure boxers, but for those of you that are, he is one to watch. At 5'11" he has the size to be super effective at 147.