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HAMBURG, Germany: Ukraine’s Vladimir Klitschko knocked out
America’s Tony Thompson in the 11th round to retain his World
Boxing Organization (WBO) and International Boxing Federation (IBF)
world heavyweight titles on Saturday.
Klitschko, who has held the IBF belt since April
2006, was fighting for the first time since taking the WBO crown off
Russia’s Ruslan Ibragimov in February in New York.
The 32-year-old took control of Saturday’s
fight from the fourth round before going on to inflict Thompson’s
second defeat in 33 fights.
Klitschko now has a record of 51 wins and three
defeats.
Saturday’s fight was his first in his adopted
home city of Hamburg in eight years.
He and boxing brother Vitali moved here in 1996,
following his Olympic Games victory.
Klitschko’s next fight is likely to be in
November against Russia’s Alexander Povetkin, the number one IBF
challenger.
-- AFP
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