Vitali Klitschko 249.5 - Odlanier Solis 246.9

[El Kabong]

Well....all I've got to say to Solis is




You may start out fat and happy, but you're going to end up swole, bruised, and KTFO

Vitali KO/TKO 7, only of course if Solis can take a punch

[El Kabong]

Here's an idea of what Solis will see when he gets stopped

[AdamGB]

Vitali looks good, but only compared to Solis.

In truth I think he is starting to look like an old fighter. One weigh in isn't a lot to go off but in the pictures that I have seen he looks softer in the body and tireder in the face...

He's never looked as good as Wlad, but there is a definite decline visualy in him, today at least.

Will be interesting to see if he's overtrained/under trained or is just getting old.

Oh and shame on Solis... The biggest fight of his life against one of the best, of not the best fighter in the division and he shows up looking like a marshmallow...

What a joke this sport can be at times...

I've heard of a hungry fighter... This guy gives it a different meaning

[El Kabong]

Vitali looks in good shape...I mean I've seen him look better, but I've seen him look the same as well. 249-250 is a good size for him, and remember The Klitschko's train for certain styles, they add or drop weight based on their training. At 249 I think Vitali is looking to be more physical, to impose his will.

Solis is just plain fat...right now, sitting at my job, having not trained at all in the past few months, and noting that I am roughly the same height as Solis and I probably am in better shape than he is.

As a Klitschko fan it pisses me off the lack of respect their opponents give them. It all started with Kirk Johnson, everyone since then for Vitali has been out of shape and just not given a solid account of themselves in the ring and that's a tragedy for boxing. Everyone since the Byrd rematch for Wlad hasn't given a truly good go, bar Sam Peter who was just outclassed as a boxer. At least Sam Peter came to fight Wladimir in shape...Solis is pathetic!

[SalTheButcher]

Vitali looks good, but only compared to Solis.

In truth I think he is starting to look like an old fighter. One weigh in isn't a lot to go off but in the pictures that I have seen he looks softer in the body and tireder in the face...

He's never looked as good as Wlad, but there is a definite decline visualy in him, today at least.

Will be interesting to see if he's overtrained/under trained or is just getting old.

Oh and shame on Solis... The biggest fight of his life against one of the best, of not the best fighter in the division and he shows up looking like a marshmallow...

What a joke this sport can be at times...

I've heard of a hungry fighter... This guy gives it a different meaning

vitali is definitely old now, he looked way more sloppy and slow than ever before in his last fight


i hope he retires before he loses to someone who isnt in his league (and probably someone who isnt even marketable enough to benefit the sport)

[CFH]

Vitali looks good, but only compared to Solis.

In truth I think he is starting to look like an old fighter. One weigh in isn't a lot to go off but in the pictures that I have seen he looks softer in the body and tireder in the face...

He's never looked as good as Wlad, but there is a definite decline visualy in him, today at least.

Will be interesting to see if he's overtrained/under trained or is just getting old.

Oh and shame on Solis... The biggest fight of his life against one of the best, of not the best fighter in the division and he shows up looking like a marshmallow...

What a joke this sport can be at times...

I've heard of a hungry fighter... This guy gives it a different meaning

To be perfectly honest, I've been almost completely unimpressed with Vitali since his comeback. He looks old and slow, and he just doesn't look like the fighter he used to be (/obvious). He can hang with most HW's because the division is so incredibly shitty and he'll beat Adamek because Adamek is too small, but I think Haye would beat him pretty handily.

[0james0]

Anyone got any pics of the weigh in?

[Rantcatrat]

Solis is at his lowest weight in a while. Usually, he fights above 260. And he's 6'1! It probably indicates he's been training hard.

[armyash]

On Ringside last night Vitali was in t-shirt Solis was wearing big deceiving jacket -BIG give away, i turned to my girlfriend and said can guarantee Solis is not in shape. (yeah yeah i know lucky girl gets to watch the boxing too! )

Solis has a solid pedigree though, i admit i have not seen him fight but i have read up on him and i think he beat Haye in the amateurs (world championships?) that might not count for much now but if he is as good as some people have said perhaps now is the time to show it

[J_C]

When you still look like that after losing a stone you know its bad. Theres absolutely no excuse at his height for weighing in anywhere over around 220lbs. Dudes carrying around 2 stone of unecessary fat in the biggest fight of his life. Think how much a 2 stone backpack weighs you down if you have to run about and be active whilst a guy is trying to punch you in the face. He deserves to lose for this alone.

[El Kabong]

On Ringside last night Vitali was in t-shirt Solis was wearing big deceiving jacket -BIG give away, i turned to my girlfriend and said can guarantee Solis is not in shape. (yeah yeah i know lucky girl gets to watch the boxing too! )

Solis has a solid pedigree though, i admit i have not seen him fight but i have read up on him and i think he beat Haye in the amateurs (world championships?) that might not count for much now but if he is as good as some people have said perhaps now is the time to show it

Granted Solis beat Felix Savon like 2 times, but hell Audley Harrison is a "gold medal winner" look what it's done for him in the pros. It's a different ball game and Solis is going to get savaged.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

To be fair, 246lbs aint a bad weight for Solis. I mean like his promoter says, he's very broad across the chest.

[Captain America]

You can't always judge fitness by appearance. I'm 6' tall, weigh 260lbs (when I'm in shape, currently injured), and I'm always overweight (at least 15-20lbs). I can work all day (utility worker, lots and lots of digging), out work all my friends in the gym, do more push ups and sit ups than guy half my size, then wrestle with a fresh guy until he gets tired.

Some people just have a fat body type.

[armyash]

You can't always judge fitness by appearance. I'm 6' tall, weigh 260lbs (when I'm in shape, currently injured), and I'm always overweight (at least 15-20lbs). I can work all day (utility worker, lots and lots of digging), out work all my friends in the gym, do more push ups and sit ups than guy half my size, then wrestle with a fresh guy until he gets tired.

Some people just have a fat body type.

Are you the real Captain America?

[AdamGB]

I wouldn't confuse being in shape for recreational gym/grappling training with being in shape for a profesional heavyweight contest at the elitest level...

You might feel in shape for what you do... but if you had to output that high an ammount of strength and energy for a sustained ammount of time in the gym... and every time you took your foot off the pedal for a second Vitali Klitscho ran over and smacked you one - you'd probably not feel as well conditioned as you do ripping out a few press ups!

We're talking about boxing here... and if it's not a lack of talent... it will be the ammount of extra dead weight he carries that will be his undoing.

You don't need to tell me that looks and size are not the best way to judge somebody's fitness... but even if Solis was ripped a 250-270 at 6 foot 1, he'd still be too big to be effective for a sustained time... it's only gonna get worse when the level he fights at gets better

The fact that it's dead weight just makes it worse.

He's at a career low... or just about, so he's probably put more work in than usual... but too little too late

He should always be in relativly good shape... and after training like a mother fucker he should now be in unbelievable condition... not 'a few pounds lighter'

He's not 'just naturally fat'

He came from Cuba... defected to become a pro and couldn't moderate himself very well with the sudden influx of freedom and $$$

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From what I've heard he needed to spend less time blowing money in strip clubs and god knows on what else (food being an obvious one) and more time on the road and in the gym.

The fact that he's got his weight down shows he has his act together a little bit at least... but too late in my opinion.

I'm not wrtting him off in this fight completely.. Vitali is starting to look old, but tbh I still expect him to fuck solis up.