Image via WikipediaVitali Klitschko retained his WBC heavyweight title with a late first-round knockout of Odlanier Solis, who injured his knee in the fall and insisted it was that -- and not the champion's punch -- that ended the fight Saturday.
Klitschko's right to Solis' left temple staggered the Cuban, who wobbled back then fell on his back and clutched his right knee.
Solis managed to beat the count but was unsteady on his feet as referee Jose Guadalupe Garcia of Mexico called the fight.
"It was a full blow," Klitschko said in the ring, with the crowd in Cologne's indoor arena booing.
Klitschko's punch came in the final second of the first round, after Solis hit him on the chin with a right.
"It was definitely my knee," Solis said, also in the ring. "It could be that I took a wrong step."
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