Official Vitali Klitschko-Odlanier Solis and undercards RbR discussion thread

[shenmue]

Now, now, with respect to Solis, he was competing in the round which is more than I can say for a ton of other Klitschko opponents.

Yeah he was doing ok in the 1st round much better than say Johnson, buy hey the last 4 or 5 Vitali opponents haven't deserved to share the ring with him either. That how bad this HW divison is.

[jimmy1569]

what happened was solis threw the left and then tried to land with the right hand but missed and was overstretching,then he was moving backwards and on the backfoot of balance.

he got slightly clipped with a temple type shot and also went off balance,jolted his knee,twisted his ankle,then when he tried to get up,he has that weight on his mid section that stopped him being able to get up as quick and easy as he should be able to,and also on the way up you can see he twists his ankle again and can barely stand up straight.

the ref should have recognised that he had damaged his legs and ankle,he should have allowed solis time to help his legs and ankle a bit,seen solis eyes and decide if he was cleaered eyes or not??, also to allow a better fight for everyone and a better clearer ending for everyone.

Solis did land clean on vitali,he was tight and sharp,with quick sharp clean punches landed on vitali.Vitali before then didnt land anything decent,he wasnt as leaned back as usual,he had low left hand and even dipped his head forward open for quick punches,he looked awkward and sloppy with his movement.

it would not suprise me for a ref to be biased towards vitali,and see vitali getting hit clean would perhaps give him a lil reason to stop the fight as soon as he could,although vitali would most likely have worn down solis/solis got tired and lost pop in his punches and slowed down his movement,with vitali also landing and causing solis to get hurt and stop moving so freely.

i know now that haye will move and hit faster and harder than solis,box and move much smarter,and will land clean and hard on either brother for a big ko/tko win.

Your post is half assed... made some very valid points & then wandered a bit & total nonsense towards the end. >>Salut! You clearly have no idea as to how Vitali fights & the stance he uses.

[jimmy1569]

1st round KO means destroyed in my book.

Even Johnson lasted all 12 with Vitali.

That's just what happens when you get aggressive with Vitali, he's not Wladimir. He feeds off of mistakes.

Thank You... apparently KTFO in the first rd needs to be defined by a much less harsher than reality proverb.

[Joeyzagz]

I liked the part when Vitali punched Solis really hard in the face.

Does anyone have a pic or gif, so I can put this wonderful KO in my sig?

[RSBonos]

Complete quit job by Solis. I hope he retires, regardless I will never watch any of his fights from now on. They need to hold up his purse for quitting like a dog.

[CubanGuyNYC]

The punch to the top of the head clearly did damage. There, someone told you.

I wanted to get that out of the way.

"No one can tell me" is a figure of speech. Why do you feel the need for sarcasm?

The so-called "KO punch" did...no...damage. What is this, some Kung Fu movie, where the "master" lands a mysterious, mystical punch that turns his opponent to jelly? Solis either threw the fight or really hurt his leg. Either way, he embarrassed himself.

[CubanGuyNYC]

I liked the part when Vitali punched Solis really hard in the face.

Does anyone have a pic or gif, so I can put this wonderful KO in my sig?

I'd like to see that one myself. I think the best you'll get is the pinky end of Vitali's right glove making contact with the top left portion of Solis's head. Crushing shot!

[Phil Ivey]

what did Vitali say to Solis afterwards? I assume he was angry that he quit so early?

[Dave Rado]

From this angle it looks like Solis was leaning forward and Vitali caught him with a short hook. Couldn't tell if it was temple shot but his momentum was coming forward. Lucky punch.

So who is the one making the excuses now?

So you don't have to think of excuses after tomorrow night I went ahead and thought of them for you.

TOP Excuses for Vitali Klitschko (and fans)

1. I just didn't have it tonight.
2. I did my best to prove I am the strongest but tonight he was stronger.
3. I hurt my hand in the 1st round.
4. I hurt my shoulder (like against Byrd)
5. I felt exhausted (like his brother)
6. I pulled a stomach muscle (like his brother)
7. I thought we had a double rematch clause
8. He wasn't handpicked
9. I was winning on all cards before they stopped it (like against Lewis)
10. I'm just not hungry anymore.

Other excuses:
1. He's almost 40.
2. He underestimated him.
3. No one expected Solis to be that good.
4. Klitschko had an off night.
5. He wasnt feeling well in training but didnt want to put the fight off.

Just say you got exposed when you fought a decent fighter.

[Dave Rado]

1st round KO means destroyed in my book.

Even Johnson lasted all 12 with Vitali.

That's just what happens when you get aggressive with Vitali, he's not Wladimir. He feeds off of mistakes.

It was a TKO, not a KO, and the TKO was due to a bad injury, not directly due to any punch. "Destroys" is a ridiculous word to use in those circumstances.

It was still a legit win and those making excuses for the fat bum Solis are being pathetic, but no way was it an impressive win, which was why Vitali was so angry when it finished the way it did.