Odlanier Solis Update

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WBC mandatory challenger Odlanier Solis and his team have already spent one week in their high altitude camp in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. “La Sombra,” his trainer Pedro Luis Diaz and Jose Perez arrived in camp only one day after the press conference in Germany announcing his March 19th clash against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in Cologne. The three-time world amateur champion and 2004 Olympic gold medalist is currently training 8,000 feet above sea level to get ready for his first world title shot in the pro ranks.

“On March 19th we will see the best Odlanier Solis since he turned pro in 2007,” says Diaz. “We have perfect conditions here in the mountains. I have been here a couple of times with different athletes. It’s a perfect place to get in perfect shape.”

The team will stay at the high-altitude camp until the end of February and do the first sparring sessions in the Sierra Nevada before returning to Cologne for the last phase of preparation.

February 7th, 2011

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