On July 12, 2008, Wladimir Klitschko (50-3, 43 KOs), the heavyweight IBF and WBO champion, defends his titles against American challenger, Tony Thompson (31-1, 19 KOs).
Wladimir Klitschko is coming in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Sultan Ibragimov, 4 months and 19 days ago. Tony Thompson is on a 27-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over Cliff Couser, 9 months and 15 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Wladimir Klitschko at 99-1 winning odds. Tony Thompson really doesn't have much to present against Klitschko.
Wladimir Klitschko stopped Tony Thompson via KO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF and WBO heavyweight titles. Klitschko improves his record to 51-3 (44 KOs), while Thompson adds a loss to his record at 31-2.