He favored Adamek over Vitali in , say , 2011. True , Vitali will be 40 and recently fought (including Briggs) never weres , but Adamek failed to impress against Grant , and will fight Maddalone next. But regarding your post , actually the most deserving contender now is Solis , whom probably doesn't want the fight either , nor that he stands much of a chance , but has much more of a chance than Adamek . Next are Arreola and then Valuev.
Like I said it's the best available match-up right now. Adamek wants to fight the Klitschko brothers while the other top contenders don't. Arreola and Valuev are garbage that do not deserve a shot in another million years. Solis is a slob but atleast he's a skilled slob.