Botha pulls out of Solis bout...Julius Long pulls in....

Heavyweight Francois Botha has pulled out of his fight against Arena Box-Promotion heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis on December 23rd in Halle. "I believe Botha didn’t know who Solis was when he took the fight," said Arena-CEO Ahmet Öner. "Then he read some articles, watched some tapes and was warned by friends and pulled out. It’s sad because it would have been a good test for Solis. Botha is a very experienced fighter who fought for the world championship four times. It’s hard to find an adequate replacement for such a name – especially at a short-term pull out like this. It’s always hard to find opponents for Solis because everybody is afraid of his power and accuracy. No boxer in the world wants to be knocked out."


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Chicken...

Damn! that sucks...
Oh! well time to find a replacement.... What's Guinn up to these days?
Lance Whitaker anyone?
Wheres Zuri Lawrence?
Is Monte Barret available?

Botha has stepped into the ring with the likes of. Lewis, Tyson, W.Klitschko, Moorer, i doubt he would be scared of Solis.

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Originally Posted by Ricardo "Finito" Lopez

Botha has stepped into the ring with the likes of. Lewis, Tyson, W.Klitschko, Moorer, i doubt he would be scared of Solis.

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Right on, but he's no longer in his 20's, 30's I would say he's gonna hit 40 or he's well into 40.
It should also be noted that all the guys you listed knocked him the fuck! out. Something tells me scared is not the right word here but "worried" sounds about right.

LOL, I didn't even know Botha was still fighting ::** I remember when my boy Lewis beat him like dirty laundry. I really don't keep up with the heavyweights though since Lennox stepped down. Here's what I remember of Botha/Lewis: :jabbing:

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Originally Posted by LEGION

LOL, I didn't even know Botha was still fighting ::** I remember when my boy Lewis beat him like dirty laundry. I really don't keep up with the heavyweights though since Lennox stepped down. Here's what I remember of Botha/Lewis: :jabbing:

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Botha was out boxing Tyson until he walked into a straight right hand in the 5th, when i was watching the fight i couldn't believe how bad Tyson was getting out boxed by someone like Botha.

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Originally Posted by CutMeMick

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Originally Posted by Ricardo "Finito" Lopez

Botha has stepped into the ring with the likes of. Lewis, Tyson, W.Klitschko, Moorer, i doubt he would be scared of Solis.

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Right on, but he's no longer in his 20's, 30's I would say he's gonna hit 40 or he's well into 40.
It should also be noted that all the guys you listed knocked him the F***! out. Something tells me scared is not the right word here but "worried" sounds about right.

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I can agree with that its just when someone has gone up against elite fighters like Tyson, Lewis, i think *Scared* is totally the wrong word to use.

Botha has only been stopped by elite fighters. He ain't trying to get stopped by a young fighter like Solis

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Originally Posted by CutMeMick

Damn! that sucks...
Oh! well time to find a replacement.... What's Guinn up to these days?
Lance Whitaker anyone?
Wheres Zuri Lawrence?
Is Monte Barret available?

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You listed all the NEXT BIG THING/BUST with the exception of Calvin Brock, Solis will be on that list soon

Having just checked on that story now, it's been updated that Julius Long has actually stepped into the breach. It's on Eurosport, so I'm quite looking forward to have a look at Solis, although obviously Botha would probably have been a bigger better test for him.