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Klitschko vs. Thompson: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Wladimir Klitschko (Dr. Steelhammer) defends his IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against Tony Thompson (The Tiger). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
32
Nov 16, 1996
50-3
13
43 (81.1%)
198 cm
206 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Feb 23, 2008
4m, 19d
8
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
36
Jan 27, 2000
31-1
0
19 (59.4%)
196 cm
207 cm
11 cm
Southpaw
Sep 27, 2007
9m, 15d
27
IBFWBO
HV
w1
d4
HV
w2
d5
heavyweight
Saturday, 12 Jul 2008
Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
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Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tony Thompson I

Date

This fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Tony Thompson took place on at the Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Tale of the Tape

At 198 cm, Wladimir Klitschko is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Tony Thompson is 196 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Thompson has longer reach of 207 cm, which is 1 cm longer than Klitschko's 206 cm. Thompson also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Klitschko.

Klitschko is coming in to this fight with a record of 50-3 (43 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 19 days ago against Sultan Ibragimov, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Sultan Ibragimov's boxing career

Thompson comes in with a record of 31-1 (19 KOs). His last fight was 9 months and 15 days ago against Cliff Couser, which he won via 2nd round TKO.

Wladimir Klitschko fights out of the orthodox stance, while Tony Thompson fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Klitschko will be 32 years and 3 months old. Thompson will be 36 years and 8 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 67-33 in favor of Wladimir Klitschko. Here is the prediction for Klitschko vs Thompson.

Wladimir Klitschko is very likely to win this fight. It is going to be hard for Tony Thompson to win this one.

Result

Wladimir Klitschko defeated Tony Thompson via 11th round KO. Thompson's 27 fight win streak comes to an end, and Klitschko advances his win streak to 9. Klitschko is now 51-3, and Thompson 31-2.

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