Who was the best fighter Vitali Klitschko beat?

[crold1]

The significance of Solis being 10 or 11 in ring magazine is quite minuscule regardless isn’t it? It’s not like it changes a lot…..

Of course but looking for small details can also be part of the fun.

[Dr. Z]

Yes, you could all be wrong strictly based on what was in the print issues. I can't figure out how to get the pictures to upload so I'll type it out:

April cover date, Rankings for period ended Jan 23, 2011, page 18:

Champ: Wlad
1. Vitali (record listed at 41-2, 38 KO)
2. Haye
3. Povetkin
4. Adamek
5. Chagaev
6. Chambers
7. Boytsov
8. Valuev
9. Dimitrenko
10. Arreola

May Cover Date, rankings as of Feb 20, 2011, page 18:

Champ: Wlad
1. Vitali (record listed at 41-2, 38 KO)
2. Haye
3. Povetkin
4. Adamek
5. Chagaev
6. Chambers
7. Boytsov
8. Valuev
9. Dimitrenko
10. Arreola

June Cover Date, rankings as of March 20, 2011, page 18:

Champ: Wlad
1. Vitali (record listed updated to 42-2, 39 KO)
2. Haye
3. Povetkin
4. Adamek
5. Chagaev
6. Chambers
7. Boytsov
8. Dimitrenko
9. Arreola
10. Pulev

Page 17, ratings analysis notes Valuev exited due to inactivity. If Solis moved in online for that, it is conceivable he was 10 for a minute between issues strictly online but there is no evidence of it in the magazine and no mention of Solis entering and exiting. The closest date I could find in wayback was 2/26: https://web.archive.org/web/20110221...49-heavyweight

No Solis.

if there was a brief change prior to the fight, it wasn’t recorded by then. That wouldn't be an error in my work because the work was based solely on print issues. The fight result is on page 98.

Does that suffice?

This is great information, Did you physically check the older magazines recently ( As in this week ) or are your just re-posting you older notes. Which is it? If you physically checked the magazine recently then I shall say I am mistaken along with others on the web who confirmed it and Box Rec. If you checked the on line and not physically then a mistake could have been made. I think that is the issue.

[crold1]

We’re done here. My bad for getting trolled.

[BattlingNelson]

We’re done here. My bad for getting trolled.

Understandable.

[ShoulderRoll]

The significance of Solis being 10 or 11 in ring magazine is quite minuscule regardless isn’t it? It’s not like it changes a lot…..

Right. Fighting so hard for Solis to be a "boost" to Vitali's resume is actually kind of sad.

It's Odlanier Solis for goodness sake.

The fact that he wasn't ranked in Ring Magazine's top 10 just makes it even sadder.

[QueensburyRules]

Right. Fighting so hard for Solis to be a "boost" to Vitali's resume is actually kind of sad.

It's Odlanier Solis for goodness sake.

The fact that he wasn't ranked in Ring Magazine's top 10 just makes it even sadder.

- - Sad U musta fergot U was ones picking Solis to beat Vit.

Hindsight is said to be 20-20, but in U case more hindermost than hindsight.

[StarshipTrooper]

We’re done here. My bad for getting trolled.

It happens a lot here. Good work on the research! Lot of info I was unaware of

[markusmod]

Right. Fighting so hard for Solis to be a "boost" to Vitali's resume is actually kind of sad.

It's Odlanier Solis for goodness sake.

The fact that he wasn't ranked in Ring Magazine's top 10 just makes it even sadder.

At one point Top Ranks signed him and thought he was going to be the next big thing. He was injury prone and also couldnt keep his weight in check

[Rosco3387]

At one point Top Ranks signed him and thought he was going to be the next big thing. He was injury prone and also couldnt keep his weight in check

Very talented Cuban! So many... Just could not pull it together and show up in the ring at his best, ready to do battle or land on his shield. I actually think Solis was more talented that Sanchez but Sanchez follows a similar pattern. Sanchez does enough... and what will he do when facing guys who also are talented and willing to do more than enough? Gonzalez incited Bowe, much like Dirrell incited Plant... And Bowe was pissed, Gonzalez was not prepared to deal with what he had created... Gonzalez was also a talented fighter lol.

It is an irony that the Cuban fighters, and I say this as a big fan... they come from abject poverty but unlike guys here who take that fire and return it in the ring, these guys... I don't know... Its like Cus Amato telling a Brooklyn street kid (Tyson) "Hey you wear these gloves see? you can kill the other guy!" would not translate the same way regarding Solis, Sanchez, etc... Go figure lol.

[Rosco3387]

BTW... Solis lost that fight due to an injury... not that it matters lol. His leg broke, last I checked that is not caused by a punch, unless of course Marciano was fighting Valuev and went low... to the knee cap.