Wild Beatdowns! : Get ready for Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tony Thompson!

Wladimir Klitschko KOs Tony Thompson

Posted 7/13/2008 on FanHouse

Wladimir Klitschko retained his heavyweight boxing title belts today in Germany, beating the American Tony Thompson with an 11th-round knockout.   Permalink  |  Email this  |  Linking Blogs  |  Comments

Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tony Thompson Open Thread [Klitschko-Thompson]

Posted 7/12/2008 on Deadspin

Wladimir Klitschko and Tony Thompson are readying to square off in Hamburg (in Color Line Arena, no less) for the heavyweight title on HBO. Ukraine's Klitschko is the heavy favorite, but D.C. native Thompson (whose back story was sufficiently limned by this insidious rag ) has the power and size, if not necessarily the experience, to give him a fight. The two sparred five years ago in the ...

Real Heavyweight Champ? Wladimir Klitschko Needs to Knock Tony Thompson Out

Posted 7/11/2008 on FanHouse

Wladimir Klitschko is the heavyweight champion of the world, in the sense that he's putting a couple of heavyweight title belts on the line when he fights Tony Thompson in Germany tomorrow, and in the sense that he's the top-rated heavyweight according to The Ring . But Klitschko has had so many lackluster performances -- including a lopsided but dull unanimous decision victory over Sultan ...

Wlad Klitschko: The Reluctant Champion

Posted 7/11/2008 on MMA Blog - TheSavageScience.com

Our more dignified and mature fight journalism brothers over at THE SWEET SCIENCE have more talented boxing writers on their staff than Floyd Mayweather’s entourage has thugs. Today David A. Avila has an excellent article on the closest approximation to a legit heavyweight champion at the moment, Wladmir Klitschko: Maybe Klitschko is more talented than ...

VIDEO: Wladimir Klitschko’s Greatest Hits

Posted 7/9/2008 on Keep Punching

Wladimir Klitschko defends his IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against Tony Thompson on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. on HBO from Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Here are some highlights of Klitschko in action: Here is a look at the Klitschko-Thompson trailer:

Klitschko aims for decisive victory (PA SportsTicker)

Published 7/11/2008 on Yahoo! Sports - Boxing News

Wladimir Klitschko is seeking a decisive victory on Saturday night when he puts his IBF and WBO heavyweight titles on the line against Tony Thompson.

Klitschko says he's ready to face Thompson

Published 7/11/2008 on FOXSports.com News for MMA/Boxing

Now that he's consolidated two division titles, Wladimir Klitschko says he's ready to put them on the line against Tony Thompson.

Klitschko faces sparring partner Thompson (AP)

Published 7/10/2008 on Yahoo! Sports - Boxing News

Wladimir Klitschko has been in the ring with Tony Thompson, though he doesn't remember it. Considering what happened afterward, who could blame him? Thompson sparred with Klitschko before the bout against Corrie Sanders in 2003 that nearly finished ...

Thompson brings back some bad memories for Klitschko ahead of title fight (The Canadian Press)

Published 7/10/2008 on Yahoo! Sports - Boxing News

BERLIN - The last time Wladimir Klitschko was in the ring with Tony Thompson, he was about to receive an emphatic defeat.