Odlanier Solis Boxing News

“La Sombra” unable to leave Miami because of legal issues A couple of weeks ago promoter Ahmet Oner announced that Cuban Olympic gold medalist and multiple world amateur champion Odlanier Solis would give his comeback from an eight months injury lay-off this Saturday (Nov. 26) as co-feature of the World Boxing Council (WBC) silver welterweight [...]

By Eric Thomas: Heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) will finally be returning to the ring later on this month on November 26th against an opponent to be named later in Turkey, according to the 31-year-old Solis’ promoter Ahmet Oner. Solis hasn’t fought since losing a knockout to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Former World Boxing Council (WBC) champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) and ex Olympic champion and amateur standout Odlanier Solis (17-1, KO’s) are in the unenviable position of having to win back respect in the boxing world. Both Haye and Solis had their chance to win the heavyweight title from [...]

Former Cuban amateur standout Odlanier Solis (17-1) is set to return to action on October 14th in Germany. On March 19th “La Sombra“ slipped at the end of a competitive first round against World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and suffered various knee injuries forcing him to undergo three surgeries in March and [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former heavyweight title challenger Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) will be making his comeback from major knee surgery on October 14th against German Varol Vekiloglu (18-2-1, 10 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout for the vacant International Boxing Federation Inter-Continental heavyweight title at a still to be determined venue in Germany.

By Jason Kim: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) has decided to move on with his career rather than revisiting his fight with Cuban Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) and giving him a rematch. Vitali stopped the 31-year-old Solis in the 1st round on March 19th in Cologne, Germany. Solis was hit with [...]

Heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis is still at “St. Wolfgang Hospital“ in Bad Griesbach (Germany) waiting for his next knee surgery after suffering a bad knee injury in the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight championship bout against Vitali Klitschko on March 19th. In a first surgery the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee had been [...]

By Dave Lahr: Top heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) has now fought WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KOs) and found out how easy it is to hit him and get the better of him with fast punches in their fight last month on March 19th.

By Jason Kim: Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) wants a rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) in Cologne, Germany and says he’ll fight Klitschko for free in the rematch.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Saturday night’s disappointing performance by Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) has stirred up quite a bit of controversy. The punch that Vitali Klistchko (44-2, 39 KO’s) hit Odlanier with is very reminiscent of the “Phantom Punch” that Muhammad Ali KO’d Sonny Liston with in their second fight in 1965.

By Dave Lahr: For the boxing fans who are still in the dark about whether former 2004 Olympic Gold medalist Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) had a pre-existing injury to his right knee before his fight with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) last Saturday night in Cologne, Germany, Solis’ promoter Ahmet Oner [...]

By Dave Lahr: Like many boxing are saying, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko won the fight with Odlanier Solis last Saturday night, but Solis won the event by looking better and showing off his amazing skills.

Four days after the dramatic ending of the WBC world heavyweight championship fight between Odlanier Solis and Vitali Klitschko and the controversial discussions regarding the result, promoter Ahmet Oner apologizes for his behaviour at the press conference after the fight.

By Simon Hirst: Upon watching Saturday night’s heavyweight clash for the WBC title, a mix of emotions ran through me as a boxing fan. Disappointment, confusion, anger were some of the emotions I felt at the first round stoppage. It wasn’t that it was ended in the first round, but how inconclusive the fight was.

By William Mackay: If you’re a fan of smaller heavyweights like Odlanier Solis and WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, it wasn’t nice to see how easily WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko crushed Solis in one round last Saturday night in Cologne, Germany. It wasn’t that Vitali looked invincible or anything early in the round, because [...]

By Ben James: There is no doubt about it. Last Saturday nights heavyweight world title fight was a huge let down, the biggest let down since the last heavyweight let down when David Haye knocked out the rabbit in the headlights called Audley Harrison.

By Sean McDaniel: Although many boxing fans would like to see a rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Kliotschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) and challenger Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 Ko’s) to help clear up the massive confusion over the ending of their fight last Saturday night in Cologne, Germany, it’s not likely that the 39-year-old Vitali [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Before anyone rags on the injured Odlanier Solis for his disappointing 1st round blowout loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko last weekend in Cologne, Germany, try and imagine how WBA heavyweight champion David Haye would have done if he was in the ring with Vitali instead of Solis. Although Haye was [...]

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 [...]

By Terry Arthur: In the build up to this fight the smart money was on Dr Iron Fist WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko against Cuban Odlanier Solis. Vitali has enormous top level experience, an iron chin as well as an iron fist, having never been knocked out. Add to that the fact that he’s only [...]

By Eric Thomas: Despite challenger Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) proving that he injured his right knee after being hit by WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) last Saturday night, Vitali is under the impression that the right hand he hit Solis with just before the injury is the reason why Solis stopped [...]

By Dave Lahr: The German crowd in Cologne, Germany this past weekend were steamed at the ending of the Vitali Klitschko vs. Odlanier Solis, unhappy with the quick 1st round ending when Solis hurt his right leg from a shot to the top of his head. It wasn’t Solis’s fault that the fight ended so [...]

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye tipped his hand how he plans on fighting the Klitschkos in his recent comments on his twitter page when he gave his thoughts on why Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) failed in his fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) in Cologne, Germany. Solis’ [...]

By Dave Lahr: Ahmet Oner, the promoter for Cuban heavyweight Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s), is hoping WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) will give Solis a rematch in six to nine months after Solis has surgery and fully rehabs his right knee. The 30-year-old Solis has surgery scheduled for this Thursday to [...]

On Saturday night in Cologne (Germany) World Boxing Council (WBC) no. 1 rated heavyweight Odlanier Solis was stopped on his way to dethroning champion Vitali Klitschko by a serious knee injury. “La Sombra” was brought to hospital directly after the fight where an anterior cruciate ligament rupture, articular cartilage damage and meniscal tear in the [...]

By Eric Thomas: Photo credit Dmitriy Abramov – Besides blowing out his right knee in his 1st round stoppage loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) last Saturday night in Cologne, Germany, Cuban Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) may have also injured his left knee as well. There are reports that the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Previously unbeaten heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) reportedly earned a respectable $1.8 million for his 1st round knockout loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) last Saturday night in Cologne, Germany. For his part, Vitali earned a minimum of $15 million. The fight, which took place at [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Photo credit Sumio Yamada – The extent of the injuries to Odlanier Solis’ right knee are finally known from his loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko from last weekend. Solis lost by a 1st round knockout when his right knee collapsed after he was hit by a light punch from Vitali. [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Sky Sports News is reporting that Cuban heavyweight Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) may have entered the ring last Saturday night against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) already with a pre-existing injury to his right knee and the fight only exposed a problem that was already there before.

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) was disgusted with the physical condition that heavyweight challenger Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) was last Saturday night in his 1st round TKO loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) in Cologne, Germany. Haye, a fighter who prides himself in coming [...]