One of many young American welterweight prospects, Solomon is further lost in the haystack by virtue of spending a lot of time on undercards (and not really having any of his work up on Youtube) despite living up to his moniker and keeping a grueling schedule while greatly improving his resume over the last year. Beginning with the nationally televised breakout win over "The New" Ray Robinson on Versus, the long and awkward beanpole has quietly and steadily been counting coup over fellow prospects with a couple of "stay-busy" dates in between. The trend continues next Tuesday night on the McCall-Oquendo undercard, when he takes his biggest step up to date against Anges Adjaho. The feisty African has faced a higher class with mixed success, and is most known for a bizarre count-out brought on in a competitive fight with Tony DeMarco. Who else has seen Brad and taken an interest in his progression?
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Not so bad to be low-profile sometimes.. Less cash for sure but more hunger to prove themselves and to work harder in the gym. Eventually they'll get recognized if they keep winning.
He's fighting Demetrius Hopkins in his next fight. Very dangerous but I love that he's challenging himself.
When I was boxing (this was about 5 years ago). My team in Augusta, GA went to Austell, GA to sparr Brad Solomon and his teammate Zack (don't remember the last name). At the time Zack was #2 at 125 lbs and Brad was #1 at 141 lbs. I sparred Zack and did good (i weighed about 130 at the time), but man the way Brad boxed was really impressive. The best boxer on our team Matthew Diaz barely even touched him. He has quick hands and extrememly quick feet. He keeps your turning and constantly resetting yourself. I expect big things from this guy. We need someone to bring GA boxing back to the mainstream. Hopefully he'll bring the title back home and a fight or two. IBF champ Raytona Whitfield is also from Augusta, GA.
.........Brad is from Lafayette Louisiana.........sparred in our gym about a year ago with one of our kids.......Brad schooled for 2 rounds then I had our kid make adjustment and it was even next 3-4......very very fast and quick left hook......I would like to see him sit down on some of his punches and get more ko s ...but he is a finesse fighter.He will hold a title soon....
Yeah you're right he is from LA. Did you move to GA or something? Cuz I know for sure he was fighting out of Austell. I sparred him in some mechanic shop. They had a huge homemade ring in the back lol. His feet are crazy fast.
I like Solomon, but I don't really see greatness. He's very well-rounded, but a bit too tentative and doesn't have great power. Reminds me a lot of Lamont Peterson, actually. He and Jones are probably the best of the US welter prospects, but I do like Omotoso better, and I'm really sticking behind Teerachai Kratingdaenggym, who I think could have the goods if he gets good training and exposure to good opposition.
Yeah, this is where I'm at. He's got solid fundamentals and really doesn't have too many flaws but lacks the complete athleticism to really progress to the top championship level. Agreed to an extent on the tentative thing- he wins comfortably and it might be a bit too comfortable; fight fans love to see a guy shift into a higher gear and conclusively dominate, and I don't know if Solomon doesn't have that higher gear or chooses not to use it. A guy like him could probably really benefit from a top-tier trainer who could help him develop his style more, maybe a Ronnie Shields or something.
I've seen Solomon once and thought he looked very promising. He's fighting Demetrius Hopkins on ESPN soon so we'll get a much better gauge of where he's at.
I remember seeing on your site that Solomon was supposed to fight Vitali Demyanenko not too long ago; any word on what happened with that?
He is an interesting prospect, especially if you like boxing skill and slickness like i do. But has any of you guys ever seen an interview with this guy? I looked some stuff on him up on Youtube once, and the guy seemed and sounded like he was high as a kite the way he was mumbling so slowly and softly. He wasn't, he's just a very laid back guy it seems and not a talker, but i don't think this guy could define charisma to save his life. If he's the goods boxing-wise, i still don't see how he's gonna be a star. That's fine with me though, i'll still support him as a fight fan, i like his style.
The guy has the shittest luck. He was supposed to face Hank Lundy (before anyone even knew who Lundy was on a national level) here in Boston a year ago...and I bought a ticket to the event specifically to see Solomon, as he'd just had his ESPN2 showcase win against "The New Ray Robinson"...but he had to withdraw and Lundy wound up fighting Richard Abril as a last-minute replacement. I have to think if the fight had gone through (which would have made this paying customer a much happier camper :twisted then Lundy would have never gotten his big push with high-level exposure against Hendrix, Molina and Lowther...and it would have been Solomon who went on to bigger and brighter things instead of toiling in obscurity on undercards in South America. Solomon definitely would have beaten Lundy; maybe even stopped him. Damn shame.
I agree with you IB. From the admittedly little I've seen of Solomon, I'd have definitely favored him over Lundy. I hope that bad matchmaking luck turns around. I've certainly seen worse fighters here get a much bigger push than Solomon.
