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No Country for Old Men: Part One

February 16, 2017 by Ted Sares 3 Comments

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Odlanier “La Sombra” Solis (22-3) was once a talented Cuban amateur but he started to enjoy the US life (and food) and piled the pounds on his 6’1” frame. The result was that Solis became obese and lethargic and back in March of 2014 and again in February of 2015, he was outworked and beaten by veteran Tony Thompson. Solis actually quit on his stool in the rematch. Since then, Solis has won two over limited opponents with losing records (one with 2-25 coming in).

Now, he is reportedly scheduled to fight Manuel Charr in March with—are you sitting down–– a version of the WBA heavyweight title on the line.

Back in 2011, a prime Solis (17-0) was “KO’d” by the legendary Vitali Klitschko in Germany. While he hurt his knee and that led to his falling after taking a light punch to the top of his head, the fact is he was floored by a punch. This, it WAS a KO. Solis seemed to be winning that first round and looked very comfortable but the end came and that was that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxW_1r_SZGA

Solis, 36, is now schedule to fight the 32 year-old Charr (30-4) in Bonn on March 11. Curiously, Klitschko’s last career fight was against the Lebonese “Diamond Boy” (21-0 at the time) in September 2012. Charr’s most recent win was, over unbeaten Macedonian Sefer Seferi (21-0) in September for the vacant WBA International title. Charr lost to Alexander Povetkin, Johann Duhaupas, and Maris Bredis, but holds wins over a badly faded Kevin Johnson and a shot Michael Grant.

Hopefully, this is a done deal and if Solis comes into the fight in shape, he could revive his career, but then again, he might find that the situation is a “No Country for Old Men.” And at its very worse, that kind of scenario can be bleak, scary and relentlessly violent.

Ted Sares
Ted Sares
Ted Sares is one of the world’s oldest active power lifters and holds several records in the Grand Master class. A member of Ring 4’s Boxing Hall of Fame, he enjoys writing about boxing.

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: Manuel Charr, Odlanier Solis, Vitali Klitschko

Comments

  1. Teodoro M Reynoso says

    February 17, 2017 at 9:15 am

    Odlanier Solis had a very promising start at pro boxing after defecting from Cuba to the USA. But he did not know how to take care of his body gorging on rich food with the money he earned as a prize fighter who had attained world championship level. What a waste.

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  2. L.L. Cool John says

    February 17, 2017 at 4:44 pm

    Solis sounds a bit like James Toney who ate his way out of various divisions.

    Thanks for keeping us boxing fans up-to-date, Ted.

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  3. Kid says

    February 18, 2017 at 3:42 am

    Liked the American buffet table

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