Klitschko vs Thompson

Who won Klitschko vs Thompson?

Wladimir Klitschko beat Tony Thompson by technical knockout in the 6th round on Saturday 7th July 2012 at Stade de Suisse in 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 & 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 loses and 0 draws, 49 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

The stats suggested Klitschko had advantage in power over Thompson, with a 86% knock out percentage over Thompson's 67%.

Wladimir Klitschko was the younger man by 4 years, at 37 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, 369 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 3rd March 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.

Previous to that, he had defeated David Haye on 2nd July 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 beat David Haye on 2nd July 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 11th September 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 beat Eddie Chambers on 20th March 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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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