Vitali makes statement, says Solis was knocked out by punch first before injuring leg
March 21st, 2011
By Dave Lahr: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko attempted to explain his controversial knockout win over Odlanier Solis in a facebook statement today. This is what Vitali had to say:
“I feel I hit him very hard. Solis was knocked out. What happened after that. He breaks his ligaments or knee. It’s his problem. I’m sorry the fight was so short. I promise the next fight, I won’t touch my opponent for the first three rounds, and after that, I’ll knock him out. But with fight with Solis, no excuses. He was knocked out by punch – right half uppercut, hook. Solis’ feels bad. After that it’s everything excuses from his side.”
Vitali looked timid as Solis was attacking. The punch that Vitali landed was more like a jab than an actual punch. No way was Solis hurt by that weak shot. Instead of trying to make excuses to his angry fans, Vitali needs to be talking rematch with Solis. That is the only way to quiet his critics.
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Solis clearly had pain in his right knee when he got up from the knock down.
Solis should be shipped back to Cuba on the first flotilla available. If he don’t fight he don’t get his rice and beans, period….
A rematch? for what? Does anybody really want to see Solis have another chance after that debacle. What did he do during the fight that warrants a rematch? seriously….
This article is absolute Sh1te…
How can you say you’ve watched the fight 6 times and didnt see Solis get hurt from the punch.
His legs had gone and thats why he hurt himself.
Even if he didnt hurt his knee as he went down, he wouldnt have got up and carried on.
The glancing blow was bang on the temple and Solis will never have felt anything like that before.
His Left leg nearly buckled on him.
kasi kumantot muna si Solis bago lumaban kay klitschko kaya nabglambot ang tuhod.
anon its a funnt version of wat u think happen..back here in the real world we all seen a glancing temple shot that when seen in slow motion clearly when it landed that solis left leg came from under him he then went back on done his knee on the way down..he sat there and cud barly get off his fat ass he just about beat a slow count still wobbling around like bambi the ref gave him enough time to regroup but he cudnt the ref stopped the fight because he cud hardly get back up he didnt know anything about his dodgy knee untill after like the rest of us.sometimes punches dont look hard but they do damage.it isnt the 1st time ive seen vitali barly land and knock some1 out..herbie hide comes to mind.again hide was landing a few shots in the 1st round but vitali found his range and started picking him off…
bottom line, solis got takin out with one punch. anyone who see’s anything other than that is a fool.
yea a slow partially blocked punch that glanced solis head caused the ko..wishful thinking.
solis threw a right and landed awkwardly on his right leg and viatali landed that nothing punch as solis was putting the weight on his right leg to regain hi balance and then u seen him go down as his leg could nothold the weight..
vitali shud man up and give him a rematch or atleast have the class to acknowledge what really happened.
solis was outboxing him til that happened..not saying he wud have won but he was looking good
Why not try being hit by a right hand of vitali and tell me if it is weak….
Solis got what was coming to him, if you can’t be bothered to train like a professional athlete don’t complain when you can’t mix it with them. Fat guy falls over, it’s that simple.
BTW he is saying contradictory things. In the post-fight press conference: it was a punch but no blackout-punch.
Now he corrects himself and says even “knock-out”. He behaves like his fans now.
I am disappointed by the behaviour of Klitschko. I thought he is a real sportsman. He himself was hurt when the Americans called him a “coward” after he pulled out of the Bird-Fight because of injury.
vitali . . . a ala possible translation . . . What gone on
Mother, mother
There’s too many of you crying.
Solis beat and it’s not worth grinding.
You know we got to find a way
To bring lovin’ here today
What gone on
What gone on
Father, father
We don’t need to escalate.
Solis got beat by my punch and what happen after that was fate because of his weight. Please don’t punish me with brutality. Talk to me, so solis can see.
What gone on What gone on
Brother and sister everybody thinks we wrong. Oh, but who are they to judge us because our contracts are long. We got to find way to bring some understanding today
What gone on
What gone on
that might interesting . . . not touching the guy for 3 rounds. if haye pulls off beating his wlad, he could let haye bang at him for 3 rounds. Haye and rope a vit . . .
Congrads the CHAMP. Solis never knew how hard you hit, no wonder he folded like a beach chair, there is another idiot out there who has no idea what Iron Fist actually is… i think that idiot is from Uk.
anyone having a lil trouble understading his english ?
I’m a an old age pensioner! I will fight Vitali for 3 rounds for a few million! As long as he keeps his promise not to hit me, I will not take “a dive” till the end of the third! Then I will go and pick up my appearance money!
Bring on David Tua! He may be a smallish heavyweight, but the guy has balls! He will go after either of the Klitschkos like a whirlwind!
And I have respect for the brothers as fighters! I just want to see them in the ring with someone that shows true agression!
Bring on the “Tuaman” and let the fun begin!
We cannot blame Vitali for what he thinks. He could have been dreaming during the fight. I watched the fight myself and saw Solis blocking most of the phantom punch with his right glove. I never thought Solis was ever hurt by the punch. I was surprised when he couldn’t stand up.
The lack of oxigen at that height is affecting him.
Anonymous, exactly.. we got lots of PU$$Y hAYE fans whining… like litle babies… That punch was so much more harder because dumb azz solis was leaning towards Vitali and he caught him… DEAL WITH IT.
First of all lets talk about the rematch. Does anyone really believe the same fans that booed Solis all the way home would pay to see him again? Not likely. Personally I don’[t have a problem with a rematch it is a fight and I watch them all. But really a challenger comes in way way over weight is on the retreat for first 2 minutes and gets dropped in the 3rd minute and the boxing public is supposed to welcome the rematch. I guess if I were as sure as some around here that Klitchko was going to loose going in I may be calling for a rematch. But will the result be any different?
We know Solis landed what was a good power punch and Vitalli walked right through it. We know Solis was reaching in putting himself in harms way. He got away with it two times before he got caught. We know Solis cannot take a solid punch from Klitchko. Even though he may have been able to continue after without the leg injury he was regardless of what he says now hurt. Hurt enough for there have been a good chance the ref would stop the fight. We know who would win the rematch when the gun shy Solis gets back in the ring. We know there will be no rematch because no one will pay to see it and the champ does not want it.
platty you should at least watch a different angle of that video.
youtube.com/watch?v=R2LWg4Jbq38&feature=player_embedded#at=14 LISTEN
he blew his knee or he p*ssied out simple as that no way it was a ko he blocked the punch ffs
J3M – You sound like an idiot, your comments have no validity!
If the punch didn’t land then what happened? Both his legs exploded? This just doesn’t happen! his legs would not have been injured in that possition, it just can’t happen so you might as well keep ignoring the truth. You people amaze me!
Short left before the right separated Solis from his shoes; you’re right, the right wasn’t the mustard… No way anyone can say that was anything but Vitali’s round; thanks for the video Dave! Go back to your Mom’s basement!
All the dummies who said there will be an upset, are back in full affect saying that it was Solis was injured before, he sure did not look injured for the first round until Vitali rocked him , no EXCUSES. And i would advice some of u blind bats to view different videos from different angles along with good sound, you can hear the damn right hand hitting Solis head. Master KO.
Anyone with a brain sees the Punch coming first then the legs.. Master Shot good night. and big sweet F-U to all the doubters that said upset was coming ROFL.
I love Votali, He said next time he won’t punch hard for 3 or 4 rounds then he will knock them out, this guy is the best, too sad he will never fight his brother which is fair
y such denial and hate.u can clearly see when the punch hits his LEFT LEG comes from under him and on his way down he done his right knee in..wats so hard to understand…i really cant understand all the bias and hate..im starting to think the guys that come on this site are retards
The observer you are defintely right. I have no respect for the Klitschkos anymore afeter this fight. If Adamek wins against this ukrainian b@tch I will laughing to death becasue he will actually retire without having won one single big fight. The best boxer he won was probably an old Sanders past his career. Vitali I believed in you but now you proved everybody that you are LAECHERLICH !!!!!!
Come on Vitali learn english for god damn sake ! i cannot hardly understand your sh@tty Ukriainian b@tch accent ! Why are u making a point here if you are sure you hit him ???? Solis just let you talk your trash. In one year you are out of here for the sake of the sport. You are a f@cking shame and nobody wants to see u box again.
There is clear prejudice against Vitali. Vitali hurt Solis with a few hard jabs and then he caught Solis with a hook punch and the right cross. The hook punch stunned and wobbled Solis. Go and watch the slow motion replays for yourselves – even though the evidence is there, the Haye fans will keep on refuting this clear truth.
It doesnt matter though. Vitali will take on all comers and he will KO or TKO them. It is all about results and not trash talking.
Question for Vitali..
If it was the punch that hurt him so bad.. then why were you shouting at him for not getting up ?
Either the punch was concussive, and Vitali should be celebrating… OR Vitali knew that he had not hurt Solis.. hence venting his dissatisfaction!
You can’t have both Vitali!
give it a rest vitali you know damn well that that was no knockout punch. solis twisted his knee simple as that anyone who has ever injured there knee playing sport knows that it is almost impossible to get up and walk straight away after blowing your knee. we had the idiots mcguigan and nelson on sky sports trying to tell us it was a ko as well but in the replay you can clearly see solis blocked the punch and cus he was off balance it caused his knee to go. if vitali thought he koed him why did he run over to him at the end lol
Vitali won the fight, one punch,but come on vitali you know that punch was not as hard as you are saying bro,good for you champ,but solis injury finished the figth,he was wining and got you a lot,you won but the injury finished the fight,that s why you were so mad.anyway congratulation champion
Solis was scared to death to be in the ring with Vitali. Could not even look him in the eye during the referees instructions. As soon as he got hit he went down and got his legs all twisted up.
Why all the anger against Klitschko? Your guy lost!
The only criticism that I give to Klitschko is that he shouldn’t try to claim he knocked someone out when the person got a knee injury. It’s obvious to anyone with any sense that a punch that doesn’t land cleanly usually doesnt cause that kind of damage. No matter who delivered it. Solis would have already had have to been rocked by a previous punch that did land cleanly for that glancing blow to have ended the fight.
indeed rick this a55 h0les are killing the heaviweght division and no he didnt knock out solis i wonder if he saw the replay is ovious the knee gave out wasnt a dive at allhes just trying to convince himself to belive hes a good fighter.
Vitali is contradicting himself.
After the fight he admitted it was not a KO punch and that’s why he was angry at Solis, because he thought he didn’t want to continue fighting.
Solis goes back to the botom of the barel whare he belongs
Rumer has it that Solis had the injury before the fight and his camp never told anyone bc it was the biggest payday of Solis carear.
The punch that landed even clipped Solis’ glove before it hit his head. That punch did not end that fight instead the ligament tear did, much like the injury to Mayorga’s hand when Cotto dropped him in the 12th. Did Cotto win? Yes but it was the injury that ended that fight. Did Klitschko win? Of course, but again the injury ended the fight.
What I find amusing is that Dr. Klitschko puts out this response so to try to convince people that what we saw really didn’t happened. Instead, we are suppose to take his perspective because he was inside the ring instead of what is clearly shown on video…reminds me of the L.A. police explanation of the Rodney King beating.
Solis fans are really bringing back memories of Lewis-Golota. Golota and Solis both look like deer caught in the headlights, and both were KO’d in 1, the end. Rematch! Why? Who would pay to see it?………..
Vitali is right ,he hit him and he went down shortly thereafter.As far as who won the round,is summed up in its entirety,It was short work for the champ .he won the round and the fight,plain and simple.when you don,t make it out of the round,how can you win it?solis was ready and took the lead but klitschco had a plan and it worked.if he beat himself,so be it.we have seen Vitali start cautiously against Gomez,that was ended when iron fist found his mark with both hands.took a real good left from Gomez,and the end was near.time to stand my ground and get down to buisness.fight over.
Yep, Vitali is right.
watch the replay, the best view is the view from behind Solis. You can clearly see his left leg start buckling. As he was falling he twisted his right knee, but he fell because of the punch and NOT because his leg was already injured. During the fight Solis was moving around just fine, bouncing and cutting angles so there is no way he fought with a bum knee… Vitali TKO 1!!!!
@Dave Lahr
“Instead of trying to make excuses to angry his fans.”
Wow this coming from Dave Lahr, the KING of excuses. Why don’t you take your own advice!
His probably going to delete this comment haha
The Truth Shall Set You Free
Haha
Lahr give it up,Vitali won and your pick Solis lost.You were wrong again.
Vitali was going to beat him to a pulp in the second half of the fight.
Guess what Vitali. I dont believe you.
He’s knee went, or he took a dive to a phantom punch, but two things are clear. You did not hit cleanly and your opponent was not very good………………………………………………..so keep kidding yourself and gullible and hypnotized fans.
P.s you and your brother are a cancer that are killing the sport
looks to be true