Vitali Klitshcko retained the WBC Heavyweight title with a tenth round stoppage over forty-plus to one underdog Albert Sosnowski before close to 60,000 fans at Veltins Arena in Gelsinkerchin, Germany
Over the first few rounds, Klitshcko kept Sosnowski at bay with little jabs and right hands. Sosnowski was at least keeping Klitshcko honest as he would occasionally land a jab and take a chance with some wild left hooks. In round five, Klitschko landed a pair of lefts that sent Sosnowski back t words the ropes. In round six, Klitshcko landed his best combination over the first half of the fight as he landed alittle combination that briefly shook the challenger. Sosnowski was that fazed by it as he continued to look for spots t get in a big and even landed a couple nice jabs in the round.
For a moment in round eight, the longshot looked like he was making a fight of it as he landed a long overhand right that got the champ’s attention. Despite taking three hard rights at different stages of round nine, Sosnowski bravely came forward. Right at the bell, Klitschko began to feel his oats and showboat a little bit before landing a hard right to culminate the round.
In round ten, Klitschko landed a hard over hand right that double over Sosnowski and drove him back to the corner. A mini flurry followed by a booming over hand right put Sosnowski down right in front of the turnbuckle and the bout was immediately waved off by referee Jay Nady.
Klitschko is now 40-2 with thirty-eight knockouts. Sosnowski is now 45-3-1.
In a twelve round Heavyweight bout, Jonathon Banks and Jason Gavern battled to an ugly draw.
Banks and Gavern were each docked a point and neither man seized control as Banks was holding for a good portion of the fight.
The bout was ruled a majority draw as Banks, 226 lbs of Detroit is now 24-1-1. Gavern is now 19-7-4
