Wladimir Klitschko nails Tony Thompson yet again via knockout to defend titles – Boxing News
Wladimir Klitschko, undoubtedly the number one heavyweight in the world, settled yet another feud of his career by knocking out Tony Thompson, the former WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight champion, in the sixth round of the 12-round bout held on July 7,
2012.
This was the second time that the duo collided with each other. The bout headlined the pay-per-view organised and promoted by Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions. From the very first second, the bout seemed to be a replication of duo’s July 2008 bout.
Wladimir kept a tight hand over Tony and did not allow much leverage to the 40-year-old American who was in his 39th career bout. Even the day when the announcement of the bout was made it was quite evident that the younger Klitschko will rise at the occasion.
All the critics were also surprised at the humble and lay low attitude of Tony who is infamous for his jabbering before every bout. It seemed that Thompson knew deep down in his heart that he cannot overwhelm the Ukrainian pounder.
The role of the aggressor was duly adopted by Wladimir, also known as ‘Dr. Steelhammer’, who from the very first round placed well targeted powerful jabs that stunned Tony every now and then.
Thompson strived hard to connect some powerful jabs and was even able to do so but Wladimir exhibited supreme levels of resilience and seemed immune to Tony’s punches.
With every round passing by, Tony just took the beating and started to get soften. It was the sixth decisive round when after a punch Tony almost lost his senses. Wladimir capitalised the situation, moved forward and unleashed a wave of powerful finishing
jabs.
The barraging forced the bout-referee, Sam Williams, to move in and halt the bout declaring the 36-year-old as the winner and still the owner of the WBO, WBA super world, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion.
After the bout, the triumphant Klitschko stated, “I didn’t have a doubt from the beginning of the fight that I would defend my titles. It was really difficult to land the punches. He’s very sneaky, he sees the punches, he never loses eye contact which makes
him super alert. I felt I had the strength, speed, condition and power.”
Tony, who received his career’s third loss, commented, “I came up short for the second time. I feel I can beat any other heavyweight in the world, but if you can’t beat the champions...”
With this win, Wladimir has grabbed his 58th career and 51st knockout victory in a total of 61 bouts. Tony, on the other hand, has tarnished his resume one more time and now boasts 36 wins in a total of 39 bouts.
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