Haye KO'ed by the resurrector of the heavyweights.

Odlanier Solis. Does the name ring a bell? He might be the saviour of heavyweight boxing. He was an outstanding amateur going 227-14, olympic gold in Athens and 3 times world champ. As a pro he is 9-0 with 6 KOs. All of his opponents has a winning record and in his last fight he kayoed the 20-0 Mamuka Jikurashvili in Turkey. He is 28 years old and might be the next great heavyweight. A rematch with David Haye looks certain down the line as Solis knocked Haye out in the final of the worls championships in Belfast in 2001. Solis is in blue:

Comments (11)

squealpiggy

If their fight was under professional rules Haye would have knocked him out in the first round. He was reeling but the standing eight count enabled him to revive a little and reestablish himself.

18y ago

dmaclv

Solis stayed in the amateurs too long but he seems to be very active in the pros. If he get's his weight down he can become a pretty good fighter otherwise he will only be a little better then Sam Peter if he doesn't lose some pounds.

18y ago

rooq

he wasn't actually knocked out. he had standing counts in the 2nd and 3rd rounds and then the ref stopped the fight as haye was taking too many shots and not defending himself. i don't think this tells us much about how a pro fight between the two would go.

18y ago

Majority_Draw

Actually no. There was an article in a danish paper today about him. I must admit that I didn't know his pedigree as an amateur was this great and I didn't know that he hadn't faced any opponent with a loosing record. I just feel that this guy should get more attention especially considering the attention David Haye is getting lately. Danish paper, and about a relatively obscure prospect? :eek: We're lucky to have a good article on a big fight here :rolleyes:

18y ago

Naps

I'm still unsure as to where the "KO" was?

18y ago

The_Surgeon

The only reason Solis is popular is because he's Cuban, that's the only reason. How u mean?

18y ago

The_Surgeon

My favourite Heavyweights! Id start Haye as favourite right now i think but Solis is well capable of winning

18y ago

rusticraver

Actually no. There was an article in a danish paper today about him. I must admit that I didn't know his pedigree as an amateur was this great and I didn't know that he hadn't faced any opponent with a loosing record. I just feel that this guy should get more attention especially considering the attention David Haye is getting lately. Haye deserves his attention for his achievements at cruiserweight after 23 fights

18y ago

BattlingNelson

Welcome to last year mate...So you're only just hearing about solis??? Actually no. There was an article in a danish paper today about him. I must admit that I didn't know his pedigree as an amateur was this great and I didn't know that he hadn't faced any opponent with a loosing record. I just feel that this guy should get more attention especially considering the attention David Haye is getting lately.

18y ago

Ray

Welcome to last year mate...So you're only just hearing about solis???

18y ago

rusticraver

Haye will smash him in the pro game.

18y ago