Stick a fork in him... he's done

[knockout]

So Solis finally lands in Florida, exposed to the big bootys and mojitos of Miami and weighs it at his heaviest ever 262.5lbs....
Thats over 17 1/2 stone for a short ass heavyweight.....

What a dick..................................

[Asterix]

Looks like he's throwing his career away then. He won't lose tonight, though. We have to wait for him to step up before the weight becomes his crux.

[metropol]

Yea he isnt getting the direction he needs maybe some cold newcastle rain and some cork " who do you think you are " attitude might sot that out DD . I think that the cubans under arena may be lacking strictness. I heard rigo is in the wildcard

[Asterix]

Yuri Gamboa's doing brilliantly so far.

[bennie]

Boxingnut, who posts on here and the BOTP forum, wrote about Cuban Joel Casamayor as an amateur in a tournament in Bulgaria in the late 1980s. Casamayor was there as a flyweight and was rooting through boxer's bags in the hotel, grabbing jeans and anything he could get hold of. He was wrestled off by a few and then stormed into bathrooms, stealing the toothpaste. One Cuban boxer, who spoke a little English, said Casamayor was "dirt poor" and would take anything that wasn't nailed down. Another said he was "El loco".
This reminds me of Solis and his obvious over-indulging.

[whiskey]

Solis has lived his entire life until the 'professional' point as a Cuban pauper, all he had was boxing - well now he has seen the rest of the world he is like a child in a sweet shop.

It's not like he can avoid these indugences like the rest of us, whom have grew up with lifes little pleasures and know when to curb it (although Mojito's weren't available in the pit village i grew up in).

[slapbangwhallop]

Yea he isnt getting the direction he needs maybe some cold newcastle rain and some cork " who do you think you are " attitude might sot that out DD . I think that the cubans under arena may be lacking strictness. I heard rigo is in the wildcard

Well from what I hear 2 of the 3 Cork Cubans are acting like absolute chunts! and the other is mindlessly following the other two.

LAZY UNGRATEFUL DISLOYAL CHUNTS!!!

[TerribleTerry]

Yea he isnt getting the direction he needs maybe some cold newcastle rain and some cork " who do you think you are " attitude might sot that out DD . I think that the cubans under arena may be lacking strictness. I heard rigo is in the wildcard

Well from what I hear 2 of the 3 Cork Cubans are acting like absolute chunts! and the other is mindlessly following the other two.

LAZY UNGRATEFUL DISLOYAL CHUNTS!!!

Tell it like it is SB! What has gone on there then?

[tobyh5]

Sure this is heaviest weight, but not a massive bloated weight. His average weight before this fight was 253 so it is only 9lb heavier and only 4lb heavier than his debut.

[slapbangwhallop]

Yea he isnt getting the direction he needs maybe some cold newcastle rain and some cork " who do you think you are " attitude might sot that out DD . I think that the cubans under arena may be lacking strictness. I heard rigo is in the wildcard

Well from what I hear 2 of the 3 Cork Cubans are acting like absolute chunts! and the other is mindlessly following the other two.

LAZY UNGRATEFUL DISLOYAL CHUNTS!!!

Tell it like it is SB! What has gone on there then?

did I say all that out loud??? ooops!!!

D

[alexpaterson]

He could easily make CW but think Povetkin could also make CW

[steve689]

I remember being in Cuba a few years back and they were desperate for anything. I smuggled copious amounts of toothpaste, loo roll and soap for the hotel workers and dished it out on the resort beach!

[knockout]

Cruiserweight might be hard for a 12 rounders for Solis, but he shouldnt be far off....

I know the kid in a sweet shop scenario, but you think he might realise that for a little short term discipline he will get long term gains...

shame as i REALLY liked him

Funny the two best amateur heavies of the early 2000s (Solis and Romanchuk) both seem to have wasted away their careers with lack of discipline.

[slapbangwhallop]

I remember being in Cuba a few years back and they were desperate for anything. I smuggled copious amounts of toothpaste, loo roll and soap for the hotel workers and dished it out on the resort beach!

Man of the people - a regular frick hero!!! nice wan comrade!

[Bomber 1]

Im told by a very good source that all the cubans in England wanna do is go the bookies and drink them selves into a state!!

Terrible shame it really is!! :(

It sends me crazy looking at the talent these guys have and there just throwing it away!!

I think Solis will just keep pleasing himself until he get's knocked out!! I think when he get's beat it'll be his wake up call!! But will it be too late by then?? I don't know!! I know I'd love to see a repeat of that world final with Haye!!

Haye Vs Solis will be something special I feel!!

[caffrey]

reminds me of roman garbey and jorge luis gonzalez top drawer amateurs who defect then throw their talent away.It is a shame but to go from having nothing to everything is bound to effect anyone. im hoping gamboa is an exception im a massive fan of his

solis will surely get beat before he gets anywhere near a david haye fight

[knockout]

It is worth mentioning of course, that they arent necessarily Mega talents.... they just worked mega hard and dedicated their life to the sport. Shame they cannot continue the hard work in the Pros!!!!

[yiddo14]

Yea he isnt getting the direction he needs maybe some cold newcastle rain and some cork " who do you think you are " attitude might sot that out DD . I think that the cubans under arena may be lacking strictness. I heard rigo is in the wildcard

Well from what I hear 2 of the 3 Cork Cubans are acting like absolute chunts! and the other is mindlessly following the other two.

LAZY UNGRATEFUL DISLOYAL CHUNTS!!!

Ungrateful and disloyal to whom exactly?

They are screwing over themselves more than anything.

[Asterix]

He could easily make CW but think Povetkin could also make CW

Easily lose 62 pounds?

[overhand_right]

Solis is a hard nut & has good technique, he might get away with his big fat belly because there is no Riddick Bowe or Tim Witherspoon types anymore for him to run into - like when Jorge Luis Gonzalez was about.

Other than Vitali, who would you confidently pick over Solis? Surely not Haye or Wlad?

[Autobarn]

povetkin to outwork him pretty thoroughly

boytsov a pretty even fight

[Datsue]

Two-sixty-whatever is near enough nineteen stone. Solis is indeed a fat fat bastid.

He has got quite fast hands for a blubberball though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzKUeTTph0 .

Seems like he's going to go the same route as Sam Peter, to me. Incredibly strong but (mainly due to being near enough twenty stone on a six-one frame) only ever going to be able to trundle after guys so will likely lose some decisions. Like I said though, very fast hands for a heavy.

[knockout]

Surely not Haye or Wlad?

I am no Haye lover, but in 2001 he nearly had a fit and motivated Solis out of there with a lethal uppercut.

Fast forward 7 years and Solis is neither fit nor motivated.... If Haye dropped him now i doubt he would drag his ass off the floor.

[metropol]

Yea he isnt getting the direction he needs maybe some cold newcastle rain and some cork " who do you think you are " attitude might sot that out DD . I think that the cubans under arena may be lacking strictness. I heard rigo is in the wildcard

Well from what I hear 2 of the 3 Cork Cubans are acting like absolute chunts! and the other is mindlessly following the other two.

LAZY UNGRATEFUL DISLOYAL CHUNTS!!!

I heard garsia was being a dick to hyde after hyde investing a lot of money, I heard he was sparring with sutherland and was getting the better of him and when the tables turned and sutherland was getting the better of it garcia just left the ring and refused continue

[yiddo14]

Don't cry too much for "loyal" promoters or managers who invest their time and money in a young fighter.
They only do it to make money themselves.