23 Facts About Odlanier Solis

Odlanier Solis Fonte was born on 5 April 1980 and is a Cuban professional boxer.

Odlanier Solis has challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title in 2011, and is a former top-rated contender in that division.

Odlanier Solis beat Luis Ortiz multiple times in the amateurs, never losing to him.

Odlanier Solis was part of the Cuban team that won the 2006 Boxing World Cup.

Odlanier Solis never lost at a major event and beat fellow Cuban Felix Savon in two of their three fights.

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Odlanier Solis became world champion in 2001 in Belfast and in 2003 in Bangkok at heavyweight, in 2005 in Mianyang at super heavyweight.

Haye gave Odlanier Solis a standing eight count in the first round and was up by 7 points, but Odlanier Solis came back strong, turned the score around in the second round and won the fight by stoppage in the third.

Odlanier Solis earned a spot on the Cuban Olympic boxing team for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and succeeded the three-time champion Savon as the heavyweight gold medalist.

Odlanier Solis finished his amateur career with a record of 227 wins, 14 losses.

Odlanier Solis defected from the national Cuban boxing team in December 2006, during training in Venezuela for the Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Odlanier Solis fighting out of Miami, Florida, made his third successful defense of the WBC International Heavyweight title with a second round stoppage of Monte Barrett of Queens, New York.

On 20 March 2010, Odlanier Solis fought and defeated Carl Davis Drumond by fourth-round TKO to retain his WBC International Heavyweight title and to win the WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight title.

Odlanier Solis defeated Ray Austin in a WBC title eliminator when Austin was disqualified in the 10th round.

Odlanier Solis connected with combinations to the head in the 10th, with Austin seemingly out on his feet and repeatedly holding Odlanier Solis to avoid additional shots.

The win set up Odlanier Solis to fight Vitali Klitschko, becoming the mandatory challenger.

On 11 January, it was official confirmed that the fight between Vitali Klitschko and Odlanier Solis was going to take place in Cologne, Germany, on 19 March 2011.

Some claim that as he was already falling to the ground, Odlanier Solis injured his right knee while making an effort to prevent himself from hitting the ground.

Odlanier Solis was not able to continue and the fight was ruled a 1st rd KO.

Odlanier Solis launched a comeback following his rehabilitation from knee surgery and scored four consecutive victories over the next three years including points wins over Konstantin Airich and undefeated prospect Leif Larsen.

Problematically though it seemed Odlanier Solis had lost a certain amount of his punching power and foot speed.

In 2015 Odlanier Solis lost two consecutive bouts to former world title challenger, veteran, Tony Thompson.

The first was by a close split decision and the second by TKO as Odlanier Solis retired in his corner for reasons unknown midway through the bout.

Odlanier Solis's current ranking according to boxrec is 42 in the world and there has been no speculation regarding a substantive ring return.