Odlanier Solis will beat Ray Austin and take the title from Vitali next year

CorkMan

Read.My.Words! 2004 Olympic gold medalist, 3 times amateur world champion winner, including beat David Haye in the amateurs. He beat 3 times gold Olympic medalist Felix Savón in cuba.

Solis isn't your average buffoon who Vitali Klitschko knocks out, this will be no Shannon Briggs! Solis won't take the jab all night and go in the late round, I think Solis will take the title. It won't go the distance IMO.

CorkMan

Q&A with Solis:

Odlanier, you were an Olympic champion, amateur world champion. Now you want to become the best as a professional. Which is more important to you?

They are completely different. When you fight for Olympic gold, for a world championship, you are fighting for pride and country. As a pro, you fight for money. I’m a proud man. For me both are equally important. There are enormous differences between being a professional and amateur fighter. Being a pro means knocking people out, you have to be a fighter more than a boxer. The difference between fighting four rounds as an amateur and twelve as pro is a completely different, incomparable experience.

In US you are perceived as a very talented but not really loving a workout guy…

...because people here don’t know me. They will change their opinion after December 17, after my fight with Ray Austin. If I’m so lazy why was nobody was able to beat me in my 450 amateur and all professional fights?

What comes to your mind when you hear Tomasz Adamek’s name?

Small, very good cruiserweight who wants to fight real heavyweights – like me.

There are Klitschko brothers, David Haye…

The Klitschkos are boring and Haye does not want to fight anybody serious. Nobody, with maybe the exception of Adamek, throws as many punches as I do in this division.

Are you taking negative opinions about your work ethic personally?

I do. I’m a proud Cuban.

Is David Haye a real world champion or a great marketing product?

David does whatever he wants. Has his English fans, knows how to sell himself. That’s it.

Would you like to fight him?

What for? I already destroyed him in 2001, when we were fighting for the world championship in Dublin, when ref was protecting him from a KO. It would be the same this time.

Before you will be able to challenge Vitali for his WBC title, you have to beat Ray Austin.

We are aware of what Ray brings to the table, heavy punch, experience. I will not make any predictions, except that this time people will know for sure how good a boxer I am. It’s personal this time around.

You will fight at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. Almost like fighting in Cuba…

Almost. Here everybody can buy a ticket and see me fighting. Cuba would be different, but I don’t want to talk about it and make problems…

He bad worded the Klitscko and Haye but that doesn't appear to be away from the norm. David Haye said when David Tua left boxing for a while he just "got fat and moved back to Samoa". If the fists can talk, then that is the most important thing.

He is talking truth when he says Haye has his english fans and knows how to sell. Look at Ordinary Harrison like!!!

Jayob10

he could be fantastic if he dedicated himself to the pro game. I think the change in lifestyle in the States and the added attention it brings is something he is enjoying too much.

He is not hungry enough to be a great, and quite frankly I get angry when guys like this with such great potential think that they do not need to be well conditioned to be the best.

He needs a change in attitude before he will achieve anything in pro boxing.

Boooourns

Lets see his weight for the next Austin fight before we hail him as a saviour to competitive heavyweight boxing. Word is he's a big fan of the hamburgers and the bright lights of the city which is a huge shame.

gene_tunney

No matter how hard Solis trains, he still gets KTFO by Vitali

CorkMan

Solis coming in at 259lbs/18.5 stone tonight

Wild_Dogger

Thats nothing to be proud of .

Defectors lack discipline in my opinion , it takes a certain type of person .

After seeing Rigx in action recently , i finally lost heart in the Cubans .

CorkMan

http://www.fromsport.com/v-0/14/20/v-142120.html

Stream in Spanish.

CorkMan

http://mywrestlingtv.net/streampage.html

Wild_Dogger

Poor ol Ray was looking for a way out .

Solis in the 10th

CorkMan

OMG, Austin tried to throw Solis out of the ring!!! They almost both went over but barely, just barely stayed on the ropes. Both of them literally feet off the ground and fully balanced on top of the ropes!

I hope Solis beats Vitali, if he turns up and puts them combos together he will.

CorkMan

CorkMan wrote: »

OMG, Austin tried to throw Solis out of the ring!!! They almost both went over but barely, just barely stayed on the ropes. Both of them literally feet off the ground and fully balanced on top of the ropes!

I hope Solis beats Vitali, if he turns up and puts them combos together he will.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeHquolwNvE

2:10 mark.

Spazdarn

Solis could be a beast in the division if he trained hard enough, he's far too out of shape to be going toe to toe with one of the brothers...

Boooourns

Has the technique no doubt but i'm not sure he has the power, just can't see him doing enough damage to Vitali to keep him off him.

magma69

Vitali ain't done yet. Solis is Vitali's mandatory so we should see this fight happen and when it does I think Vitali will dominate the fight and KO Solis in the later rounds.

CorkMan

magma69 wrote: »

Vitali ain't done yet. Solis is Vitali's mandatory so we should see this fight happen and when it does I think Vitali will dominate the fight and KO Solis in the later rounds.

I admit Solis looked ordinary against Austin, but IMO he is a different class above the Eddie Chambers, Arreolas and Samuel Peters.