Vitali Klitschko
Retains WBC crown in Germany
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Ukrainian
boxer Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC title at the
weekend in Germany against Polish challenger Albert
Sosnowski. A crowd of 50,000 gathered at the Veltins
Arena in Gelsenkirchen, to see the fight. Despite a
spirited start and a brave showing from Sosnowski, a
series of mistakes in the tenth round sent the
“Dragon” to the canvas. Klitschko improved to 42-2
(38) after the referee waved it off following a
left-right combination to Sosnowski's head at the
2:30 mark of the 10th round. "I am very happy to
have defended my title. I had really good
preparation and was in top form," said the
38-year-old, who had his brother, IBF and WBO world
heavyweight champ Wladimir, in his corner. Before
the bout, Sosnowski told journalists that he would
“be as cunning as a fox” to overcome Klitschko, who
had more KOs to his name, as well as a big weight
and height advantage. “I’ll be back” responded
Sosnowski 45-2-2(27) when asked where he goes from
here. He now intends to regain his European title,
which he gave up in order to fight Klitschko.
Ukrainian
boxer Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC title at the
weekend in Germany against Polish challenger Albert
Sosnowski. A crowd of 50,000 gathered at the Veltins
Arena in Gelsenkirchen, to see the fight. Despite a
spirited start and a brave showing from Sosnowski, a
series of mistakes in the tenth round sent the
“Dragon” to the canvas. Klitschko improved to 42-2
(38) after the referee waved it off following a
left-right combination to Sosnowski's head at the
2:30 mark of the 10th round. "I am very happy to
have defended my title. I had really good
preparation and was in top form," said the
38-year-old, who had his brother, IBF and WBO world
heavyweight champ Wladimir, in his corner. Before
the bout, Sosnowski told journalists that he would
“be as cunning as a fox” to overcome Klitschko, who
had more KOs to his name, as well as a big weight
and height advantage. “I’ll be back” responded
Sosnowski 45-2-2(27) when asked where he goes from
here. He now intends to regain his European title,
which he gave up in order to fight Klitschko.
