Odlanier Solis Boxing Comeback Delayed Again By SecondsOut (Nov 24, 2011) Doghouse Boxing - Tweet
SecondsOut.com - A couple of weeks ago promoter Ahmet Oner announced that Cuban Olympic
gold medalist and multiple world amateur champion Odlanier Solis would
make his comeback from an eight months injury lay-off this Saturday
(Nov. 26) as co-feature of the WBC silver welterweight championship
between Selcuk Aydin and Jo Jo Dan in Trabzon, Turkey.
Solis and
his team were scheduled to leave Miami today but couldn’t fly out
because of pending legal issues. A court order prohibits "La Sombra" to
leave the United States until mid December. "I’m very disappointed",
said promoter Ahmet Oner who received the bad news this afternoon in
Turkey.
"From what I’m told it’s not too serious and the whole
thing should be settled soon but, of course, it annoys me that my
fighter cannot fulfil his obligations and take a fight he has signed
for. We all make mistakes – and I know what I’m talking about – but it’s
important that you learn from your mistakes. I hope this is what Solis
does as well."
The good news is however, that Solis would have
been medically cleared and fit to fight only eight months after
seriously injuring his knee when challenging Vitali Klitschko back in
March.
"He was ready to go", adds Oner. "Now we’ll see what we
will do. We will probably bring him back early next year when all legal
issues have been solved. I am still convinced that Solis is the only
heavyweight in the world today who can actually beat both Klitschko
brothers. It’s too bad he cannot prove that this Saturday in Turkey."
