Vitali Klitschko Stops Odlanier Solis in One, Leg Injury Likely
by Scott Christ on Mar 19, 2011 6:31 PM EDT
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Odlanier Solis did just fine for a couple of minutes against Vitali Klitschko, but unfortunately that's as far as we got to go today.
Klitschko landed a right hand above the left temple of Solis, jolting the Cuban contender with little time left in the opening round. But then Solis' legs gave out on him, with his left knee straightening out and locking, sending him to the mat. Solis had terrible trouble getting up off the mat, and once he did, his legs both seemed to give on him again, forcing the referee to call the fight.
After the bout, a stretcher was brought to the ring, but Solis did get to his feet. He limped to congratulate Vitali and greet his brother, Wladimir, but then returned to the corner. The entire Solis corner looked completely deflated after the fight, while the crowd jeered relentlessly. Vitali himself reacted with anger to the fight stoppage, seemingly believing that Solis had quit on the fight.
But it doesn't seem that way to me, and Sky Sports broadcaster Jim Watt was adamant that he didn't feel as though this was a dive or anything of the sort either. Solis was fighting well. He'd gotten himself into the best shape he's been in for a long while. And his legs gave on him. It happens. It's unfortunate, especially because even in three minutes Solis seemed to have a better gameplan than most Klitschko opponents have over an entire fight, but it does happen.
Klitschko improves to 42-2 (39 KO), while Solis drops to 17-1 (12 KO). If the leg injury is what it seems, I hope we see Solis come back strong. It didn't take long to see he was legitimately in a different class than the rest of the recent big heavyweight fight challengers.
We'll be covering the Rigondeaux-Casey fight live in the same live fight thread here. Stick around for post-fight analysis of that one, too.
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Solis just can’t take a shot (which didn’t look that hard or flush to me or something was dodgy here,imo.
You don’t walk back to the dressing room if you have a serious leg injury.
He did look OK at first,threowing soem quick shots but that just turned into a farce..
MCL injuries,etc usually require a stretcher or at least help in walking..Solis had a bit of a limp but walked unaided.
This is another disappointment for heavyweight boxing.
Solis looks built for comfort to me and anyone who wears a Sponge Bob Square Pants chain is not to be taken too seriously as a contender :).
Like Bilbo Baggins?
In 2008 Lewis commented on a possible match up with Riddick Bowe. "He waits until I am in retirement to call out my name," said Lewis. "I will come out of retirement to beat up that guy. I'll beat him up for free."
Yeah
saw a few trolls and elves along the way :).
by Matt Mosley on Mar 20, 2011 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Its probably not worthwhile to speculate much after one round
but the way Vitali kept his hands low coupled with Solis’ crisp counters does make me interested in a rematch
He really did appear to have the boxing skill and hand speed to make Vitali pay for keeping his hands low (which no one has really been able to do to this point). I think it could have been a very interesting fight.
I dont think Olis has that type of power.
Even with Vitali getting older.
Betting against Hendo was not a wise decision I should’ve listened to Puck Head whose MMA intelligence is obviously superior to mine.
Im through with Klitschko fights
And quite possibly the HW division. Solis standing there without a pained look on his face pisses me off. If you cannot finish a fight there better be a grimace
What a joke
by SmittytheCutman on Mar 19, 2011 6:43 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Eh, to me that would just up the chances he was acting. OH GOD. OWW. I AM SO OBVIOUSLY IN SUCH PAIN.
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by Scott Christ on Mar 19, 2011 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not sure it was muscle/joint catastrophe, because both legs were weird when he got up. But I don’t think he was acting, he’d have to be awfully good to fake those moves. I don’t blame anybody for thinking otherwise tho, they’ve got to look hard at it. I think it was some kind of biochemical failure of his system, which no one will ever believe, but it still wouldn’t surprise me. (I’m just personally, selfishly glad that the heavyweight division has never, since a child a hundred thousand yrs. ago when everybody else loved it, been as attractive to me as middle- and lightweight. Saves me a lot of pain.)
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
if he had been acting, he’d be more likely to insist on stretchers and fuss and the like, seems to me.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
i imagine he had fitness/weight loss gurus
all around himself while losing what weight he lost—he did look gross, but nothing like as gross as usual. If the weight loss were handled poorly, it would stress the load on the kidneys—your blood goes off, poisons from the download of burnt off fat top out, and ketones (acidity) afflicts the blood. If you’re throwing ketones, you will not be able to process oxygen in the blood anything like adequately under stress. Ketoacidosidosis doesn’t just happen to diabetics, it can happen to people who lose weight too fast as well Not saying that’s it, but something like it could have occurred. Becasue both legs appeared to go. I don’t think it was fake, and I don’t think it was knees. He looked befuddled to me not like from a head shot, but from not understanding it himself.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
It's a helluv an indictment of a guy who qualifies for a title match
That his legs can’t carry him past one round.
The competition at the heavyweight level is just God awful.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
The Klits don't like coming forward, though Vit is much more willing to do so.
I think Haye can take advantage of that with lateral movement. If he can Vit to chase him some, he’ll open him up for his explosive counters.
Making Wlad come forward will be a little tougher.
On Solis: Whatever. We only saw what he could do as a fat man vs. cans, so this is not a huge surprise.
The lamest thing about the heavyweight division is the way the fighters are handled. They come up on cans, and if they do it for long enough they’ll get a shot at a Klitschko. Aaaand then back to the garbage bin they go.
If they would just match these “contenders” against each other we might get a decent heavyweight fight once in awhile.
Anyone up for a heavyweight tournament consisting of the mid-level fighters who never fight? Not one of those bogus alphabet deals. Perhaps HBO or Sho should look into it. Grand Prize of a half a million, or a shot at Haye or a Klit or something.
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Anyone up for a heavyweight tournament consisting of the mid-level fighters who never fight? Not one of those bogus alphabet deals. Perhaps HBO or Sho should look into it.
As far as I can tell neither network has any interest in the division outside of Wlad-Haye which I’m sure will land on HBO. I see no reason it would end up any different than the IBF four-man shot with Byrd, Brock, Chambers and Povetkin. Povetkin won, sat on the mandatory, signed to fight Klitschko, pulled out, sat on the mandatory, signed to fight Klitschko, pulled out…
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by Scott Christ on Mar 19, 2011 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Not interested personally.
I can’t imagine anyone wanting to watch mediocrity fighting mediocrity.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
I’m trying to think of a four-man heavy tournament I’d watch with sincere anticipation.
1. Either Klitschko, don’t care which
2. Haye
3. Adamek (I think he loses bad to either Klitschko or Haye, but at least he fights)
4. uh. I would’ve said Solis before he couldn’t get his big ass up yesterday, but as good as I thought he looked for three minutes…it’s three minutes.
Maybe Boytsov? I have zero interest in Povetkin.
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by Scott Christ on Mar 20, 2011 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Yea Povetkin is disappointing.
I think Chagaev would be interesting. Also, I doubt Haye’s chin would last against Adamek or even Chagaev for that matter.
Betting against Hendo was not a wise decision I should’ve listened to Puck Head whose MMA intelligence is obviously superior to mine.
Vitali and Rigandoux are the number one and two P4P best fighters in the world!
Isn’t that how it works. You look good in one fight and you move up to the top of the list. For that week.
No comments or replies necessary. I’m just having fun.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Well it’s worked for Nonito.
:)
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by Scott Christ on Mar 19, 2011 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
hahaha lol
"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."
by Oli Goldstein on Mar 19, 2011 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
one way or another. fat's what did it.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
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