It looked like that to me, there obviously was some contact from one of the punches from Vitali. But when he went back, it looked liked he panicked when he seen Vitali charging. It's very unorthodox to back steps while leaning forward. Awful footwork and balance, worsened the fall when he landed awkwardly on his ankle....
Hmmm, not pretty no matter which way you look at it. It may have been a delayed reaction to the punch, but it looks like the leg was the major issue as it went wonky before he fell. Either way, you can't blame anyone. Vitali did what he had to do, and you can't expect a guy to keep fighting when he can barely stand. Just an unfortunate occurrence.
Those who start to blame Solis should relax. He beat the count. It was referee who stopped the fight.
Other than the KO, lol. Actually, I thought Solis won the round, and suffered a bad piece of luck, not a crushing Vitali KO of Power that he couldn't handle like so many are saying. I don't remember Vitali having one-punch KO power. Can't tell from the camera angles if it was a temple shot yet, so I'm sort of reserving judgment, but can't quite fathom everyone jumping on this 'Vitali destroyed Solis!' train of thought. It was a disappointment, not a dive, not a cop-out. Injuries in sports happen.
The fat ******* was winning the round. Vitali landed nothing (I mean NOTHING) on fatty until the whatever punch. Solís had landed like 7-8 clean punches in the round. Vitali's jab had found air. Don't argue now and watch the replay. The fat ******* either quit or truly injured his leg. The replay shows some nastiness to the knee, but the doctors will tell.
ROFL You have to be able to stand and walk to beat the count, Solis was still doing the chicken dance so it was a KO. Vitali was clearly winning the round at the time of the KO.
I've never seen a fighter only have one leg buckle from being on ***** street. His injury had nothing to with being hurt by Klitschko.
Chicken dance? His ****ing knee was blown out. You what? **** it. This type of stupid **** is why I don't bother posting here anymore.
Absolutely not! There was'nt anything of any true substance that had landed to the point of the knockdown punch. Solis was backtracking, Vitali was coming foward and jabbing. Was it a head snapping jab? How could it be, Solis was striclly cautious and in survival mode. .....if Solis landed a couple of shots, there was nothing telling there that would suggest it even made Vitali blink. Pace, tempo, workrate, and even connects would favor Vitali. Vitali commanded the ring, he was the general in there. Solis was only trying to react to what Vitali was doing. .....which = to a clear and solid round for Vitali had the round ended even without the knockdown.
Vitali landed exactly NOTHING on the fat *******. NOTHING, until the KD. Watch the replay. I tell you as I told IntentionalButt, let's wait till the replay is online, and let's score, so that you can tell me where you got that 10 for Vitali before KD.
I actually thought Vitali looked a bt more aggressive than normal. That said, the punch he landed on Solis was **** and I dont believe it genuinely put him down. Just a buckle of the legs when Solis stepped back and he twisted it. Dissapointing.
Solis didn't take a dive you ****ing morons. Vitali hit him with a temple shot, possibly really hurt him on the way down from the shot. Sure Solis hurt his knee, but he was hitting the canvas regardless. A disappointment, but Vitali is just a machine.
Dustaine, and does it matter? 1st hard shot that landed staggered Solis, who may-or-may-not have injured his knee(s) on the way down. It was a VK round either way though.