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Wladimir Klitschko KO 11 Tony Thompson

07/12/2008 Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany; 12 Rounds Heavyweight, IBF/WBO & IBO Heavyweight Title

July 12th, Hamburg – The champ comes home! After more than eight years the Champion came back to the city where his career has started. In front of more than 13.000 spectators at the Color Line Arena Wladimir clashes on the #1 mandatory challenger in the WBO - Tony “The Tiger” Thompson. The Tiger  can proof that he is an evenly matched opponent, but Wladimir dominates the action in the ring. After 98 seconds in round eleven Wladimir breaks through the excellent defence of the US-American und knocks him out with a crushing right hand. Before that Thompson had not lost a single fight in the last eight years and it is his first KO-defeat ever.

Boxrec: Tony Thompson