By Michael Amakor
In the biggest stage and most important fight of his career, former Cuban Olympic gold medalist crumbled in the very first round in his title challenge of Vitali Klitchko for the WBC heavyweight title before a crowded arena in Cologne Germany and over 100,000 eager and excited fans online.
Post fight I could only remember thinking “What an anti climatic disaster – all the media hype and promotions, the great effort by Epix in providing this fight online – only for Solis to fold in the very first round.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION – THE QUALITY OF THESE GUYS IS SO LOW – DIDN’T SOLIS LEARN HOW TO MAINTAIN HIS BALANCE AND FOOTING FROM THE AMATEURS? HOW DO YOU BLOW A SHOT AT THE TITLE LIKE THIS
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
