Tony Thompson to get a rematch with Wlad Klitschko

[Tam Seddon]

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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
Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay

[Galaxy]

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Uh huh

[Mars_ax]

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Uh huh

Ya'll just ain't boxing purists.

[Galaxy]

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Uh huh

Ya'll just ain't boxing purists.

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

[Mars_ax]

Zzz...

Uh huh

Ya'll just ain't boxing purists.

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

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.

[Galaxy]

Zzz...

Uh huh

Ya'll just ain't boxing purists.

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

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.

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

[captainanddew]

Zzz...

Uh huh

Ya'll just ain't boxing purists.

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

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.

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

Thompson won a couple of rounds in the first fight and attempted more punches than basically any Wlad opponent of the last 5 years. And unlike Chagaev, Ibragimov, Chambers, etc....., he didn't run.

Tarver would get KTFO'd early and provide no resistance.

Arreola though he does give his all, didn't seem to do too well versus Vitali. He threw only 330 punches or something like that. Which is pathetic. It isn't much more than Haye threw against Wlad.

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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.

[Mars_ax]

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.

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.

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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) just cements this for me. Klitschko probably could have iced everyone he's ever fought if he had some fire in him.