Klitschko vs Thompson

Who won Klitschko vs Thompson?

Wladimir Klitschko beat Tony Thompson by technical knockout in the 6th round on Saturday, July 7th, 2012, at Stade de Suisse, Berne.

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 Thompson stats

Back in July 2012, Wladimir Klitschko stepped into the ring with a record of 57 wins, 3 losses, and 0 draws, 49 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Tony Thompson made his way to the ring with a record of 36 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 24 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Klitschko had an advantage in power over Thompson, with a 86% knockout percentage compared to Thompson's 67%.

Wladimir Klitschko was the younger man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Klitschko had a height advantage of 1 inch over Thompson. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Wladimir Klitschko fought out of the orthodox stance, while Tony Thompson was a southpaw.

Klitschko was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 1996, 3 years and 2 months earlier than Thompson, whose first professional fight was in 2000. He had fought 117 more professional rounds, totaling 369 compared to Thompson's 252.

Klitschko vs Thompson form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated 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.

Prior to 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten 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.

Before that, he had won against Samuel Peter on September 11, 2010, by knockout in the 10th round in their IBF World Heavyweight, WBO World Heavyweight and The Ring Heavyweight championship fight at Commerzbank-Arena, Hessen.

He had beaten Eddie Chambers on March 20, 2010, by knockout in the 12th round in their IBF World Heavyweight, WBO World Heavyweight and The Ring Heavyweight championship fight at ESPRIT arena, Nordrhein-Westfalen.

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Klitschko's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 17 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

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