Liborio Solis beats Kohei Kono for WBA super flyweight title

TOKYO (AP) -- Liborio Solis of Venezuela defeated Japan's Kohei Kono by a majority decision on Monday to win the WBA super flyweight title. Two judges scored

Liborio Solis (right) defeated Kohei Kono to win the WBA super flyweight title in Tokyo :: /AP

TOKYO (AP) -- Liborio Solis of Venezuela defeated Japan's Kohei Kono by a majority decision on Monday to win the WBA super flyweight title.

Two judges scored the bout 115-111 and 114-112 in favor of the Venezuelan. A third judge scored it 113-113.

Kono floored Solis with a right in round two, but the Venezuelan recovered to drop the Japanese with a solid left hook in round eight.

Solis improved to 15-3-1 with 7 knockouts while Kono dropped to 28-8 with 11 KOs.

Also, Japan's Takashi Uchiyama successfully defended his WBA super featherweight title for a seventh time when he knocked out ninth-ranked challenger Jaider Parra of Venezuela in the fifth round.