Tony Thompson to get a rematch with Wlad Klitschko

According to Fat Dan:

After the fight with Mormeck, Thompson will be the mandatory challenger for Wlad's IBF crown.

"In July 2008, Thompson had a mandatory shot against Klitschko in Germany and, although he gave him the most competitive fight of any of his defenses, Klitschko stopped him in the 11th round"

I figure Wlad stops him in about 7 rounds in the rematch, which should happen early next year.


Tony Thompson named IBF's mandatory challenger for Wladimir Klitschko-Jean-Marc Mormeck winner - ESPN

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Hey, it's HW boxing news! Get excited dude.. ;)

I read somewhere that Tarver was being considered as Wlad's opponent after Mormeck, instead we'll get Tony "The Tiger" Thompson, yippie ki-yay Tam!

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande
But my legs ain't bowed
And my cheeks ain't tanned
I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow
Never roped a steer 'cause I don't know how
And I sure ain't fixin' to start in now
Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay
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Ya'll just ain't boxing purists. :-X

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It's not that, I'd just rather see Wlad face Arreola or Tarver.

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It's not that, I'd just rather see Wlad face Arreola or Tarver.

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I gotta agree with that, i'd say Arreola might have a slim shot of winning out of the 3, Thompson has no chance, and Tarver would get pulverized. (but that might be fun to watch)

But anyway, I reckon we'll see Wlad-Tiger II.

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It's not that, I'd just rather see Wlad face Arreola or Tarver.

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I gotta agree with that, i'd say Arreola might have a slim shot of winning out of the 3, Thompson has no chance, and Tarver would get pulverized. (but that might be fun to watch)

But anyway, I reckon we'll see Wlad-Tiger II.

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Yeah at least with Arreola you know he'll give his all & should provide some excitement. Tarver can fight & although I'd still favour Wlad over him I think he'd be just as, if not more competitive than Thompson imo

Has Thompson fought anyone noteworthy since Klitschko? He must be almost 40 by now as well, can't imagine actually being excited to watch this. Wlad will probably retire without ever having been in a good fight, which isn't entirely his fault but still quite sad.

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Has Thompson fought anyone noteworthy since Klitschko? He must be almost 40 by now as well, can't imagine actually being excited to watch this. Wlad will probably retire without ever having been in a good fight, which isn't entirely his fault but still quite sad.

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All Thompson did the first fight was put his hands in front of his face and throw about 10 punches a round that didn't land. What's he gonna do different this time? Nothing that I can see.

I havn't been able to decide if the HW division is the worst it's ever been the last 5 years, or the Klitschko bros are just so good, that they dominate everyone, perhaps it's a combination of both.
What seems the strangest to me is after about the last 50+ years of dominating the sport of boxing, there aren't any great black Heavyweights around anymore.

It all comes down to the grassroots level. I know it isn't a popular opinion with many, but the best athletic big men just aren't getting into fighting any more imo. Nothing will ever convince me that either Klitschko is "just to good", when you compare them with fighters who were around up until about 10-15 years ago. Agreed on the Thompson fight to, the fact that he has basically had as much success as anyone against Wlad (without knocking him out of course;D) just cements this for me. Klitschko probably could have iced everyone he's ever fought if he had some fire in him.

I just don't understand how Wlad can justify fighting a guy who put in such a poor peformance against him last time and made it such a boring fight. He should never get a title shot again because of that. Mormeck is getting stopped in the mid rounds no doubt and so would Thompson. Wlad seriously needs to up the competition level because I can't be fucked watching him fight bums for the next 5 years.

I do agree out of the heavyweights Tarver and Arreloa would be better than Mormeck and Thompson. Even Tarver and Arreloa would struggle though IMO. They are too small to make any impact on Wlad. Arreloa maybe could land a big right but I highly doubt that would happen.

I honestly can't see any heavyweight for the next 2-3 years coming even close to Wlad. Haye had the opportunity and ability to but he completely bitched out which was a shame and it really lowered my opinion of him.

I think the only heavyweights in the future who could potentially have a good go at a faded Wlad would be; Helenius, Dimitreko and Fury. Albeit that they can on improving as fighters and get some good wins and experience under their belt. They all have potential IMO to be champions. The main reason why I have picked these three fighters is mainly their size. I just don't see how a smaller fighter is going to beat Wlad these days. Wlad has improved a lot since his early career knockouts and I don't see that happening again any time soon.

I think for Helenius, Fury and Dimintreko it's all about timing. If they have this currently Wlad they have no chance. Wlads superior boxing ability is miles above all of their abilities. But he can't stay like the way he is forever and when he does start to fade IMO it's got to be one of these three to beat him. And Povetkin will never be risked against Wlad or Vitali IMO. He's not big enough for them either and would get stopped IMO.

I might be being a little optimistic but I feel there is some potential talent coming up:
Fury
Helenius
Pulev
Mitchell
Perez
Mansour
Etc etc

I wouldn't mind seeing Solis in with either Klitschko again though

well Povetkin doesn't want to face him, Chisora lost to Fury, Fury is still happy facing domestic level fighters, so there's not really anyone left

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well Povetkin doesn't want to face him, Chisora lost to Fury, Fury is still happy facing domestic level fighters, so there's not really anyone left

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Fury is young and building himself into a good fighter. He's still got a lot to learn and looks better each time he gets in the ring. Why risk getting beaten now by Wlad which is inevitable at this stage of his career! Give him time, he's picking it up in terms of advancing his career. He's only 23 and that's young for a heavyweight nowadays. Imagine him in 2-3 years time hes going to be a great heavyweight.