Klitschko vs Pianeta

Who won Klitschko vs Pianeta?

Wladimir Klitschko beat Francesco Pianeta by technical knockout in the 6th round on Saturday, May 4th, 2013, at SAP-Arena, Baden-Württemberg.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This contest was for the unified heavyweight championship of the world, with the WBA, The Ring, and WBO belts on the line.

Klitschko vs Pianeta stats

Back in May 2013, Wladimir Klitschko stepped into the ring with a record of 59 wins, 3 losses, and 0 draws, 50 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Francesco Pianeta made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 28 wins and 1 draw, with 15 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Klitschko had a massive power advantage over Pianeta, boasting a 85% knockout percentage compared to Pianeta's 54%.

Wladimir Klitschko was the older man by 9 years, at 37 years old.

Klitschko had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pianeta.

Wladimir Klitschko fought out of the orthodox stance, while Francesco Pianeta was a southpaw.

Klitschko was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 33 more fights, and made his debut in 1996, 8 years and 7 months earlier than Pianeta, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 144 more professional rounds, totaling 369 compared to Pianeta's 225.

Klitschko vs Pianeta form

Klitschko had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Mariusz Wach on November 10, 2012, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Heavyweight, The Ring Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at O2 World Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Prior to that, he had won against Tony Thompson on July 7, 2012, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBA Super World Heavyweight, The Ring Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at Stade de Suisse, Berne, Switzerland.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jean Marc Mormeck on March 3, 2012, by knockout in the 4th round in their WBA Super World Heavyweight, The Ring Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at ESPRIT arena, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Before that, he had defeated David Haye on July 2, 2011, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Heavyweight, WBA Super World Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at Imtech-Arena, Altona.

He had won against David Haye on July 2, 2011, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Heavyweight and The Ring Heavyweight championship fight at Imtech-Arena, Hamburg.

Activity check

Klitschko's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 2 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.2 rounds on average.

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