Originally ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner had planned to present heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis in the USA on May 17th, 2008 but the Cuban Olympic gold medallist was denied visa. Now ARENA’s attorneys tried again to get “La Sombra” into the US but the Consulate in Berlin denied the application again. More...

Sorry to all Spanish boxing fans! Because there have been so many request from the United States regarding heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis recently promoter Ahmet Öner decided to move the fight between the three-times world amateur champion and 2004 Olympic gold medallist and “White Buffalo” Francois Botha from the show on May 30th in Bilbao to the next US-show on June 27th in Miami. Solis will be fighting on the same card as Cuban defector and freshly crowned WBC international champion Yuriorkis Gamboa who will step into the ring against WBA #2 rated Jose “Cheo” Rojas the same night. “We will make it a Cuban night”, states Öner. “Our gold medallists are ready to shine.” More...

Olympic Gold Medallist Odlanier Solis and former world heavyweight champion Francois Botha were meant to meet in the ring in December 2007 but the “White Buffalo” drew in his horns on very short notice. Now everything is set and the contracts are signed for the fight to take place on May 30 in Bilbao, Spain. More...