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

Wladimir Klitschko (Dr. Steelhammer) defends his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring 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
36
Nov 16, 1996
57-3
20
49 (81.7%)
198 cm
206 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Mar 3, 2012
4m, 4d
15
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
40
Jan 27, 2000
36-2
1
24 (63.2%)
196 cm
207 cm
11 cm
Southpaw
May 26, 2011
1y, 1m, 11d
5
WBAIBFWBOTheRing
HV
w1
d1
HV
w1
d11
HV
w2
d12
HV
w1
d4
heavyweight
Saturday, 7 Jul 2012
Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland
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Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tony Thompson II

Date

This fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Tony Thompson took place on at the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland.

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 57-3 (49 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 4 days ago against Jean-Marc Mormeck, which he won via 4th round KO.

Jean-Marc Mormeck's boxing career

Thompson comes in with a record of 36-2 (24 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 1 month, and 11 days ago against Maurice Harris, which he won via 3rd 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 36 years and 3 months old. Thompson will be 40 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 72-28 in favor of Wladimir Klitschko. Here is the prediction for Klitschko vs Thompson II.

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

Result

Wladimir Klitschko defeated Tony Thompson via 6th round TKO. Thompson's 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Klitschko advances his win streak to 16. Klitschko is now 58-3, and Thompson 36-3.

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