Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs) beat Tony "The Tiger" Thompson (31-2, 19 KOs) to defend his belts on Saturday night at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany. The fight was as many LP members predicted, including Darkstar, Hintomas, Swodogg, and southillboxer, all who scored bonus points for predicting the correct time frame the fight was stopped – by 11^th round KO.

 

It was a slow start for the champ who faced a very determined challenger with a great body attack.  Thompson showed he was not intimidated by Klitschko’s power right hand and deflected it quite often. 

 

Despite the heavy favorite in the fight, and almost every LP member going with Klitschko over Thompson, you won't believe what Teddy Atlas predicted for this fight.  Also included  in the video is highlight coverage of the fight. Great stuff.

 

 

We have all seen Wladamir Klitschko fight several times throughout his career, but little is known about his opponent this Saturday, Tony Thompson.  When asked about Thompson's style Klitschko admitted, its a 'little bit special' as he prepares to defend of his IBF, WBO and IBO titles Saturday at the Color Arena in Hamburg.

Speaking to Setanta Sports News during Steve Bunce's Boxing Hour, the big Ukrainian said, "I will not underestimate this opponent. He hasn't lost in the last eight years. He's very confident. He's famous in Hamburg. He knocked out Luan Krasniqi spectacularly in their fight last year. He's an unorthodox fighter, he doesn't fight impressively, but he's very effective with his style. He is a southpaw fighter. I'll have to really adjust myself to his style."

 

To see the fight against Luan Krasniqi and get a sneak preview of what Saturday's fight might look like see the video below, and make your predictions wisely....

Las Vegas had been tipped to host the light-heavyweight clash between veteran American legend Jones and Welsh two-weight champion Calzaghe.

But John Wirt, the chief executive of Jones' promotional company, Square Ring, claims the fight is now likely to go ahead at Madison Square Garden.

"The deal is done. We're finalising with the Garden," Wirt told ESPN.com.

Calzaghe recently split with promoter Frank Warren and will promote himself.

Be sure to check the updated league standing to see where you ended up.

Ricky Hatton says he will fight twice more before retiring from the sport.

Hatton will fight Paulie Malignaggi later this year in Las Vegas for the IBO and IBF light-welterweight title.

The Manchester boxer, 29, then plans to end his career against Filipino great Manny Pacquiao or Mexican Oscar de la Hoya at Wembley next year.

"I don't want to go on forever and would have done everything I dreamed off, so two more fights and then I think I'm done," Hatton told BBC Sport.

In his first interview since retiring, former world champion Floyd Mayweather has accused HBO announcers of racism. "...they talk about Kelly Pavlik, a white fighter, like he's the second coming Or they go crazy over Manny Pacquiao. But I'm a black fighter," Mayweather told David Mayo, boxing writer of his hometown newspaper, the Grand Rapids Press. "Is it racial? Absolutely!" alleged Floyd. "They praise white fighters, they praise Hispanic fighters, whatever. But black fighters, they never praise. I've noticed it for a long time but I couldn't say anything because I had to do business with them.

What are the odds that defending WBO junior welterweight champion Ricardo Torres successfully defends his title twice against top-rated contender Kendall Holt?

 

According to the Supervisor of Race & Sports at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, not very good.

 

In a highly impressive performance Manny Pacquiao captured another world title at 135 pounds with a KO of David Diaz in the 9th round. 

 

This fight was as one sided as LP members predicted, but who scored KO points to take them up the  rankings? 

Newly-crowned World Boxing Council super featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao and WBC lightweight champion David Diaz will battle in a 12-round rumble with Diaz's title at stake.

 

The odds makers have the fight posted at 3-1 in favor of Pacquiao and members in the fantasy league have also overwhelmingly predicted a win for the Filipino icon at a rate of 85%. Our own current league leader scientific ko 9-1 ( 1 KOs ) 199 points  predicts