On July 7, 2012, Wladimir Klitschko (57-3, 49 KOs), the heavyweight WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring champion, defends his titles against American challenger, Tony Thompson (36-2, 24 KOs).
Wladimir Klitschko is coming in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round KO victory over Jean-Marc Mormeck, 4 months and 4 days ago. Tony Thompson is on a 5-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO win over Maurice Harris, 1 year, 1 month, and 11 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.
In the rematch, Wladimir Klitschko stopped Tony Thompson via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring heavyweight titles. Klitschko improves his record to 58-3 (50 KOs), while Thompson adds a loss to his record at 36-3.