AUGUST 2010 TITLE FIGHTS
Heavyweight
Mandatory Rematch
CHAMP John L. Sullivan (22-5, 20 KO) vs #3 Vitali Klitschko (20-2-1, 16 KO)
Klitschko won the title from Sullivan in December, then lost it to him in the rematch in June. Sullivan was eager to turn around quickly and give Klitschko his rematch and strike while the iron was hot. And so the pair meet again here where, after a measured first round, Sullivan dominates Klitschko in the second only to have Klitschko turn the tables and batter Sullivan in the third and again in the fourth when he both knocks Sullivan down and cracks open a gash over his right eye. Sullivan is able to calm things down in the fifth and in the sixth another measured round takes an abrupt turn at the 2:30 mark when Sullivan's cut reopens into a crimson mask. The ringside doctor calls a halt to the bout to the fury of Sullivan and the crowd, and even by appearances Klitschko, who while content to have regained the championship doesn't appear to be satisfied with how it was won.
Jr. Flyweight
Mandatory Rematch
CHAMP Koki Kameda (13-2, 12 KO) vs #2 Ulises Solis (25-2, 20 KO)
Kameda and Solis waste no time in their rematch after Kameda took Solis' belt in May. Solis was perceived as arguably the top pound-for-pound fighter in the PBA before losing the belt, and Kameda said flatly upon signing the rematch he had no reason to wait because he had no reason to fear Solis, whom he'd defeated early in their careers as well. But after a balanced opening stanza, Solis looks dominant. He sweeps rounds 2-5 including a knockdown in the fifth. But in a furious sixth it seems Kameda gets the best of the action, and that's punctuated when in the seventh he drops Solis not once, not twice, but three times before the bout is stopped as Koki Kameda retains! Ulises Solis has won 25 bouts. He's lost 3...all to Kameda.