Comments Thread For: Odlanier Solis-Varol Vekiloglu Bout Set For October 14

[Spray_resistant]

Well I hope he is fully recovered and can come in at a decent weight like 230-235 but losing a 10-8 round to VK is nothing to be bragging about. He has a ways to go until he gets another shot at either K-bro.

[*Khan]

The talent is there, but lose some damn weight for your own sake.

[Leohappy]

^you could be right. but from my personal experience, a knee injury is usually permanent. it can be healed and stuff, but you are more easily prone to another injury. it might help solis if he put down some weight though.

[edgarg]

The opponent Varol Vekiloglu is an absolute tomato can.

His record is deceiving - his opponents had records like 0-6 and his last one was in his very first pro fight!

This fight should not be for even the Intercontinental IBF belt.

That record you're speaking about is EXACTLY like the records of many of Rocky Marciano's opponents, about whom I have written several times, with NO challenges. In fact one of Rocky's better opponents had a 10-0 record.

When I looked into that 10-0 record I found that 9 of the guys had had no fights (=no wins) and the other one had a single win.

This kind of matchmaking should be a quick ticket to gaol for the so-called matchmakers. It is an outrage to ALL Sports.

[edgarg]

That injury was not as bad as it looked then, cause if he really tore a ligament, he wouldn't be able to train for at least 6 months.

Yes, and very likely not for a lot longer. It is a very serious injury, although not as serious as the one which caused Klitschko's retirement. THAT was the worst, and I recall several medical opinions which said that it was very unlikely that he could ever come back to boxing.

Others said that it would take at least a year to heal, and only ONE that I recall said "at least 6 months".

[edgarg]

Yes, and very likely not for a lot longer. It is a very serious injury, although not as serious as the one which caused Klitschko's retirement. THAT was the worst, and I recall several medical opinions which said that it was very unlikely that he could ever come back to boxing.

Others said that it would take at least a year to heal, and only ONE that I recall said "at least 6 months".

I think that Klitschko's injury was to the Anterior Cruciate Ligament, the ACL, the more serious ligament which is the one which joins the large bone of the thigh with the calf. The PCL (Posterior) is less serious and recovery is correspondingly faster.

[edgarg]

LOL, at him or his team bragging about winning the 1rst round even if they felt they won the 1rst round. Who wins a fight just by scoring 1 round? Solis was legitimately KO'd if he weren't so heavy-set than the chances of him messing up his knees/legs would have been alot slimmer.

And he didn't remotely win the first rd apart from the KO. He threw less and he landed far less. And Klitschko was pressing the fight from the bell. Solid made about 4 flurries, whilst on the retreat, of which maybe one punch might have landed out of 4-5.

Ohner is glorifying the fact that he was actually able to "hit" Klitschko and then jump back out of the way of any reprisal. Well, he sort of "misjudged" that a bit........

[edgarg]

Well, the reports that he had an acl tear could not be right then. I find it hard to believe he could return from such an injury in 7 months. It has been done, but it is less than 5 months since he injured the knee. There is no way he could know right now that his knee wiill be good to go in October, if he had a torn ACL.

Maybe it wasn't an ACL. And maybe it wasn't "torn" but perhaps a little strained etc. There are degrees of injury to the cruciates, and it's obvious that his was a comparatively minor injury. Sharp of you to catch it.

Because, that ligament is about an inch thick, and I know that in Klitschko's case it was snapped.....a clean break which required surgery of the "transplant" and re-inforcement kind, I was told.

[joe strong]

at least he is back in 6 months...hope the knee holds up.he is still in the mix.

[The Hammer]

Odlanier Solis has told the media in Florida his knee has not healed and he won't be fighting until 2012.