Comments Thread For: Nikolai Valuev: Forget Solis, I Want Vitali Klitschko Now!

[Dave Rado]

I think Tua is still a dangerous opponent for anybody. That's why nobody wants to fight him. I'd respect either Klitschko taking on Tua. I agree with the rest except I am not so sure the names of tomorrow are anything other than hype jobs - still a lot for all of them to prove.

Tua has no chance against anyone with good lateral movement and decent defence. He wouldn't be able to land a single meaningful punch against either Klitschko or even against Chambers. He might get the odd punch through against Adamek or Haye but not enough to seriously damage them, and they would both outwork him over 12 rounds. Even Valuev would be able to keep him on the outside.

[Dave Rado]

Valuev is still a big scalp for Vitali (no pun intended). There are only a few names out there, who could add to Vitali's resummee right now, and Valuev is one of them.

I think Haye, Valuev, Povetkin are the only names of TODAY which matter, Toney, Tua, Holyfield are names of YESTERDAY; and Solis, Boytsov, Helenius, Pulev are names of TOMORROW.

Solis would beat Valuev now, IMO.

[BritishBoxing92]

The former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev is losing interest in a fight with undefeated Olympic gold medal winner Odlanier Solis. The "Russian Giant" would rather fight WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko right now. They were negotiating the fight earlier this year but no deal was reached. Klitschko's camp said Valuev and his co-promoter Don King were not being reasonable by demanding a guaranteed purse of $4 million dollars. [Click Here To Read More]

why didnt he accept before then when vitali called him out??....

[ChopperRead]

Tua has no chance against anyone with good lateral movement and decent defence. He wouldn't be able to land a single meaningful punch against either Klitschko or even against Chambers. He might get the odd punch through against Adamek or Haye but not enough to seriously damage them, and they would both outwork him over 12 rounds. Even Valuev would be able to keep him on the outside.

I like Tua, but I agree: he would be eating jabs all night against either Klitschko and he is just too small to get inside on them -- it would be a replay of his loss to Lennox Lewis, only worse, because he would get really beat up badly by either Wlad or Vitali.

[ChopperRead]

why didnt he accept before then when vitali called him out??....

Don King wanted more money.

[dblaze9]

Valuev should fight Solis since he really lost his last two fights...He would get beaten into retirement if he fought the Klitschko's...I think many of the heavyweight fighters that lost to the Klitschkos should just retire! Make way for the new guys to come out and fight. The only older guys I give any chance/credit to is David Tua, James Toney, and Shannon Briggs and I guess that's because neither of them has ever fought a Klitschko before...

[qwerty07]

Get this ****ing fight made!

i'd love to see V.K in with someone larger than him, only him and his bro have the size to stand up there and go toe to toe with Valuev.

Everyone else has eeked through decisions, i'd love to see Vitali war with this guy and pund him up.

This, this, and motherfvucking THIS!!!

[DeadScared]

why are we talking tua? well, anyway since we're here i think tua can put haye to sleep. but just the same i doubt if haye has the balls for it.

[Dave Rado]

Don King wanted more money.

But he is still with King, so what's changed? Is he going to tell King to accept less this time? Or does he really imagine that Vitali will offer him more now?

The other thing I don't understand is why the negotiations with Solis failed. The winner of that fight would have been Vitali's mandatory, and Valuev seemed to believe that once he was the mandatory, he'd be able to get a better deal. I find it hard to believe that Solis would have priced himself out of such a major opportunity for him, and it's odd that the article doesn't say what the sticking point was.

[Pirao]

But he is still with King, so what's changed? Is he going to tell King to accept less this time? Or does he really imagine that Vitali will offer him more now?

The other thing I don't understand is why the negotiations with Solis failed. The winner of that fight would have been Vitali's mandatory, and Valuev seemed to believe that once he was the mandatory, he'd be able to get a better deal. I find it hard to believe that Solis would have priced himself out of such a major opportunity for him, and it's odd that the article doesn't say what the sticking point was.

I think the negotiations with Solis failed because Valuev realized Solis is too dangerous a fight, so he has probably decided to just fight Vitali right away and cash out.