July 12 Wladimir Klitschko vs Tony Thompson.Who the F**K is Tony Thompson can someone please enlighten me.
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July 12 Wladimir Klitschko vs Tony Thompson.Who the F**K is Tony Thompson can someone please enlighten me.
Another HWD boring fight. :-\
I think it's his OBF mandatory,the other choice was Povetkin who's WBC mandatory? I could be wrong.
Ive got a neighbour called that, hope this Helps ;D
Tony Thompson is a class operate akward southpaw who will beat Wlad! The guy has one loss early in his career he will expose the fraud.
He's a big tall heavyweight, pretty solid, decent puncher. Probably not fast enough but if he doesn't get stage fright he might do allright. Hopefully.
Thompson is the WBO mandatory. To keep his alphabet trinkets Wlads got to fight two mandatories a years. In the fall he will fight his IBF mandatory Alexander Povetkin.
It's nice to have a unified champ, but it brings on a whole new set of problems with crap mandatories. Thompson should have to fight Povetkin for the right to fight the unified champ.
He's a tall American HW, I don't think he can beat Wlad, but his range should level the playing field a bit. He beat Timor Ibragimov and Dominick Guinn very easily.
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Originally Posted by Scrap
and do you know if this neighbour has any fights coming up ? ;D
At least he's only fighting the no.1 contenders and not some chosen mandatory. He should be clear to fight one of the other nelt holders for a good 9 months after that, which seems to be his intention.Quote:
Originally Posted by lance Uppercut
Tony Thompson- well, he might make it interesting, but after that, I'd like to see Vlad fight the winner of Valuev-Chaguev. Really, I just want to see if Vlad could knock out the sasquatch Valuev. That would be fun to watch his big azz fall.
Tony The Tiger Thompson is the one if not the best Heavy right now, He is well schooled. I would not be surprised to see Klitschko lose this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofnyH...eature=relatedQuote:
Originally Posted by The Fightfan
He says not, but he reckons the Heavy I have will beat everyone in three years. I reckon four ;D
Tony is a very good heavyweight. Unfortunately for him, his style is all wrong for fighting Wlad. His strenghts are size, boxing skills, a good jab and a good chin, but Wlad is better in these areas. Except the chin part, obviously, but it won´t matter because Tony doesn´t punch hard. Also, he is slow. You need 2 things to beat Wlad...power and speed, and Thompson has neither. The ultimate heavyweight to beat Wlad would have been the young Mike Tyson. He would have simply annihilated him. As for Thompson, who has waited a long time for his shot and is very deserving, it´s a shame that it´s coming against the wrong guy. Thompson could beat Peter or Chagaev in my opinion. Expect Wlad-Thompson to look a lot like Wlad-Mccline. I believe it will be slowpaced, dull and one-sided, but hope I´m wrong.
By the way...Hi everybody. Nice forum you got here :)
Thompson is a more worthy opponent than Povetkin
Tony Thompson is a pretty good fighter, perfectly worthy challenger given the division. He isn't a belt holder so it doesn't do anything as far an unification goes, but I say Thompson is easily a top three threat to beat Wlad, he's got good size, about 6'5 or so, he's a southpaw, pretty cagey, good skills.. I think he will make a decent fight out of it if nothing else, Wlad won't be able to just make a stinker of it and cruise through 12 with his jab imo. Doubt Thompson wins as he's not a real power puncher and he's not super fast, but he certainly has the potential to give Wlad some fits, he's not a one dimensional guy.
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Originally Posted by Kenneth B
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I don't mean to single you out, but you have so many things wrong here that I have to reply to this.
Anyone who knows this forum can verify that I have been talking about him and Nate Campbell for a while (check 'Arawak' on the search)...
He is EXACTLY what is needed to beat Wlad. Tony Thompson is the SAME SIZE, WEIGHT AND REACH as Lennox Lewis. Am I saying he is the same? No. I am saying he has the package. And what you call slow is acknowledged as fluidity in many circles.
No power...? Tell that to Krasniqi, who didn't win one round in his own country. Then he crushes Couser, whose chin reminds me of the Wlad Klit...
I have to disagree with you. By the way, I never said Tony has NO power, but he is an average puncher at best and certainly can´t be compared to Lennox Lewis, just because they are the same size. Not only doesn´t he punch nearly as hard as Lewis, he doesn´t punch as hard as the other 3 people who have stopped Wlad. There is nothing on his record to suggest otherwise after 32 fights. Luan Krasniqi is a good boxer but pretty fragile. By the time Lennox had his 32nd fight he was a 2 time world champion and had pretty much knocked out everybody except Tucker and Mercer. There´s no comparison. Thompson is the same size yes...and Tye Fields is even bigger, so what´s your point? It doesn´t even take a big guy to beat Wlad, assuming Wlad doesn´t tire...Just a hard punching one with speed and Thompson is not that.