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Odlanier Solís Fonte
Born	Odlanier Solís Fonte (1980-04-05) April 5, 1980 (age 44) Havana, Cuba
Nationality	Cuban
Other names	La Sombra
Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 1+1⁄2 in (1.87 m)
Reach	79 in (201 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	18
Wins	17
Wins by KO	12
Losses	1
Draws	0

Odlanier Solís

Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Men’s boxing
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
	2001 Belfast	Heavyweight
	2003 Bangkok	Heavyweight
	2005 Mianyang	Super Heavyweight
Pan American Games
	1999 Winnipeg	Heavyweight
	2003 Santo Domingo	Heavyweight
World Cup
	2005 Moscow	Super Heavyweight

Odlanier Solís Fonte (born April 5, 1980 in Havana) is a Cuban professional boxer. He won the Olympic Gold medal in Athens 2004 and was a three time winner at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.

His first international success was in 1998, winning the title at the Pan American Juniors championship in Toluca and the Juniors World championship in Buenos Aires.

In 1999 he won the Cuban championship beating Félix Savón. Until 2004 he defended his title five times consecutively.

In 2005 he switched from heavyweight to super heavyweight and lost in the finale to Michel López Núñez. In 2006 he won the title again for a seventh time.

He was part of the Cuban team that won the 2006 Boxing World Cup.^[1]

His record was 227 victories, 14 losses. He never lost at a major event (world championships, Olympics) and beat fellow Cuban Félix Savón in two of their three fights.

Solis should have been the Cuban representative to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, because he beat Felix Savon at the Olympic Trials. However, Savon was sent to the Olympics instead, and went on to win heavyweight gold. Because of this, many believe Solis should have won the 2000 Sydney Olympics gold medal.

Solís became world champion in 2001 in Belfast and in 2003 in Bangkok at heavyweight (201 lbs/91 kg limit), in 2005 in Mianyang at super heavyweight.

In 2001 he beat Russian Olympic silver medalist of 2000 Sultan Ibragimov in the semifinals on points and in the final British David Haye by TKO. Haye gave Solis a standing eight count in the first round and was up by 7 points, but Solis came back strong and won the fight by stoppage in the third round.

In 2003 he won on points in the final against Russian archrival Alexander Alekseev who would win the next world championship. Also, Solis defeated Sultan Ibragimov once more (13-7) in four rounds in the XXXIII Chemistry Cup in Halle, Germany on March 10, 2002.

He did not participate in the Olympic Games in Sydney; it is thought that Cuba wanted to allow hero Félix Savón to win his third consecutive Olympic gold, thereby equalizing the record of László Papp and Teófilo Stevenson. In the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens Solís won the heavyweight gold medal at 201 lbs.

• 2004 in Athens, Greece (Heavyweight)
  • Defeated Alexander Alexeev (Russia) 24–21
  • Defeated Wilmer Vasquez (Venezuela) 24–4
  • Defeated Naser Al Shami (Syria) RSC–3 (1:29)
  • Defeated Viktar Zuyev (Belarus) 22–13

• 2005 in Moscow, Russia (Heavyweight)
  • Defeated Ilgar Mamedov (Azerbaijan) RSC–2
  • Defeated Georgel Gavril (Romania) RSC–3
  • Defeated Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (Kazakhstan) 27–20
  • Lost to Islam Timurziev (Russia) 26–27

• 1999 in Winnipeg, Canada (Heavyweight)
  • Defeated Angus Lewis (Virgin Island) walk-over
  • Defeated Livin Castillo (Ecuador) 14–2
  • Defeated Marcelino Novaes (Brazil) 13–2
  • Defeated Mark Simmons (Canada) 4–2

• 2003 in Winnipeg, Canada (Heavyweight)
  • Defeated Gerardo Bisbal (Puerto Rico) RSCH-2
  • Defeated Jason Douglas (Canada) 16–2
  • Defeated Kertson Manswell (Trinidad & Tobago) 15–3

• 1998 in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Heavyweight)
  • Defeated Steffen Kretschmann (Germany) 8–1
  • Defeated Evgeniy Arkhipov (Russia) 8–2
  • Defeated Sebastian Ceballos (Argentina) 7–5

• Three times World Senior Champion (2001, 2003, 2005)
• Six time Cuban National Champion (1999–2004)
• Chemiepokal - 2002, 2003, 2004
• Central American and Caribbean Championships - 1999
• Pan American Boxing Championships - 2005

• Cubans: Felix Savón (2 wins, 1 loss), Robert Alfonso 3 wins, Michel López Núñez (3 wins, 3 losses), Osmay Acosta (RSC), Yoan Pablo Hernández(2 wins) TKO & 10-1.
• Non-Cubans: Islam Timurziev (1 win, 1 loss), Roman Romanchuk (1 win, 2 losses), Vyacheslav Glazkov (1 win), Kubrat Pulev (2 wins, 1 loss), Sultan Ibragimov (2 wins) and David Haye (1 win by TKO).

He defected from the national Cuban boxing team in December 2006, during training in Venezuela for the Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro. With him, came two fellow amateurs and reigning Olympic champions, Yan Barthelemí Varela and Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano. After escaping to Colombia, they arrived in Miami. Solís, who plans to reside in Germany, signed a professional promotional contract with German-based First Artist.

Solís made his professional debut on April 27, 2007, weighing in at a much higher weight at 250+ lbs than as an amateur (where he weighed at around 230 lbs) but knocked out 32-7 veteran Andreas Sidon 47 seconds into the first round. In the next 18 months he racked up a 11-0 record against creditable opposition at this stage of a professional career, and in October 2008 he defeated Chauncy Welliver for the WBC international heavyweight title.

In his most recent fight, he weighed 260 pounds.

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. Solis, now 15-0 with 11 KOs, a Cuban defector with an extensive amateur career, fought a very cautious first as a careful counterpuncher, preferring to feel out the experienced Barrett, age 38, 34-8, 20 KOs, to see if he had anything left. In the second, Solis opened up with a long left to Barrett's chin that decked him. Barrett just beat the count. In the barrage from Solis that followed, Barrett went down from a slip under pressure, got up, then got knocked out.

On March 20, 2010, 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. After toying with Drumond for the first three rounds Solis unleashed a barrage of punches during the last 20 second of round three and would have knocked Drumond down had he not been saved by the ropes, making Drumond not want to come out for the fourth round.

Solis defeated Ray Austin in a WBC title eliminator when Austin was disqualified in the 10th round. Solis connected with combinations to the head in the 10th, with Austin seemingly out on his feet and repeatedly holding Solis to avoid additional shots. The win set up Solis to fight Vitali Klitschko, becoming the mandatory challenger.^[2][3] On 11 January, it was official confirmed that the fight between Vitali Klitschko and Solís was going to take place in Cologne, Germany on 19 March 2011. Both fighters promised a victory by knockout.

On 19 March 2011, the two boxers took to the ring in front of a sell out crowd of over 19,000. In the first round of the fight, after the ten second warning bell rang, Solis connected a left hook to Klitschko's chin. Vitali Klitschko returned the favor by firing a short right to Solis's right temple and Solis wobbled backwards falling to the ground. As he was falling to the ground Solis injured his right knee while making an effort to prevent himself from hitting the ground. Solis, disoriented, attempted to get up by holding on to the ropes as his legs wobbled. The referee, realizing Solis couldn't continue the fight, waved his hands stopping the match. For Klitschko, it was his 42nd victory, 39th knockout win, and prevented a third professional career loss. Solis suffered his first professional loss.^{[4][5][6] [7]}

Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Date	Round	Location	Notes
Loss	17-1	KlitschkoVitali Klitschko	Knee Injury[8]	19 March 2011	1	Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany	WBC Heavyweight title on line
Win	17-0	AustinRay Austin	DQ	17 December 2010	10	Miami, Florida, United States	WBC Heavyweight title eliminator
Win	16-0	DrumondCarl Davis Drumond	TKO (RTD)	20 March 2010	4	Florida, United States	Defends WBC International title, wins WBA Latino title
Win	15-0	MonteMonte Barrett	TKO	10 October 2009	2	New York, United States	Defends WBC International title
Win	14-0	AlexanderDominique Alexander	TKO	12 June 2009	1	Miami, Florida, United States
Win	13-0	BurnettKevin Burnett	TKO	9 January 2009	8	Primm, Nevada, United States	Defends WBC International title
Win	12-0	WelliverChauncy Welliver	TKO	11 October 2008	9	Berlin, Germany	For vacant WBC International title
Win	11-0	Van SickleChad Van Sickle	TKO	12 September 2008	1	Cuxhaven, Germany
Win	10-0	Duiven Jr.Harry Duiven Jr.	Decision (Unanimous)	7 June 2008	8	Hattersheim am Main, Germany
Win	9-0	JikurashviliMamuka Jikurashvili	KO	26 April 2008	2	Trabzon, Turkey
Win	8-0	SalifCisse Salif	Decision (Unanimous)	14 March 2008	8	Munich, Germany
Win	7-0	RajkaiAdrian Rajkai	KO	29 February 2008	3	Milan, Italy
Win	6-0	LongJulius Long	Decision (Unanimous)	23 December 2007	8	Halle an der Saale, Germany
Win	5-0	BatesJeremy Bates	TKO	19 October 2007	2	Berlin, Germany
Win	4-0	McGeeMarcus McGee	KO	21 September 2007	2	Luebeck, Germany
Win	3-0	CollianderAldo Colliander	Decision (Unanimous)	6 July 2007	4	Hamburg, Germany
Win	2-0	MazikinAlex Mazikin	KO	16 June 2007	1	Ankara, Turkey
Win	1-0	SidonAndreas Sidon	KO	27 April 2007	1	Hamburg, Germany

• List of current WBC international champions

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• Boxing record for Odlanier Solís from BoxRec (registration required)
• BoxingInsider Bio - file interview with Odlanier Solis

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