In what has become typical Klitschko fashion, Vitali Klitschko retained the WBC Heavyweight title with a twelve round one-sided unanimous decision over former WBO champion Shannon Briggs in front of a pro-Klitschko crowd at O2 Arena in Hamburg, Germany.

Klitshcko used his three inch height advantage to land one-two cominations over the first handful of rounds. Briggs did not have much answer except for an occasional body shot.

Round six was a good one for the champ as Klitshcko started to put his punches together with most of them striking the face of Briggs. Round seven saw Klitshcko start to double and triple up his long jab that he would follow with flush right hands. Klitschko had Briggs in a lot of trouble as he landed crushing shots that backed the challenger up against the ropes as the round ended. As each round wore on it became less competitive with the only thing is question would be Klitschko getting a stoppage victory.

Klitshcko rocked Briggs at the end of then ninth and throughout the tenth with referee Ian Jon Lewis looking on and he would be have been fine to stop the bout at any time but Briggs took a beating and even was talking to champ as he was eating leather. It was during that round that blood started appearing from around the nose of Briggs.

It was more of the same over the final six minutes with Klitschko dominating the action but somehow Briggs was able to see the final bell.

Klitschko, 252 lbs of Kiev, Ukraine won by scores of 120-105; 120-107 and 120-107 to go to 41-2. Briggs, 263 lbs of Brooklyn, NY is now 51-6-2

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

This Saturday night, European heavyweight champion, Albert “The Dragon” Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27KO) will be looking to become the first ever Polish Heavyweight Champion, when he takes on WBC heavyweight king, Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37KO) at Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

The 31-year-old Polish native Sosnowski is promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing (USA), Keyspan Media (Poland) and Matchroom Sport (UK).

Klitschko and Sosnowski both weighed in today with Sosnowski tipping the scales at a ripped and ready 224.4 lbs, while Vitali weighed in at 247 lbs.

“Albert is in absolutely phenomenal shape, so you know that he has trained extremely hard for this fight and is ready to go Saturday night,” stated Joe DeGuardia, CEO of Star Boxing, who is with Albert in Germany. “They are anticipating upwards of 40,000 Polish fans coming to show their support for Albert tomorrow night, so although Albert isn’t fighting in his own backyard, his strong contigent of fans will certainly try to make him feel like it. Albert is confident in his game plan and I am excited and looking forward to what I believe is going to be a every entertaining and exciting fight.”

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