Boxing Briefs: Latest news

Boxing Briefs: Latest news

Published Aug. 9, 2011 1:00 a.m. ET

— UK welterweight prospect Kell Brook (24-0, 16 KOs) and Poland’s Rafal Jackiewicz (38-9-1, 19 KOs) are signed to meet Oct, 8 in Sheffield, England in a WBA world title eliminator. The winner will get a shot at WBA welterweight titlist Viacheslav Senchenko.

— Heavyweight Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KOs) will return to the ring Oct. 14 after his March KO 1 disappointment against Vitali Klitschko. He will face Germany’s Varol Vekiloglu (18-2-1, 10 KOs).

— Humberto Soto (56-7-2, 32 KOs) is signed to face journeyman, Jose Alfaro (25-7, 22 KOs) Sept. 3 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. The bout will be contested at the junior welterweight limit.

— Ulises Solis will make the first defense of his newly-reacquired IBF junior flyweight title against Argentina’s Eduardo Adrian Mendoza (13-1-1, 7 KOs) in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on Aug. 27.

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