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By Jake Donovan - Tempting fate has clearly never been an issue for Tony Thompson.
A rematch with David Price comes this Saturday at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England, the same hosting venue for his shocking 2nd round knockout of the unbeaten heavyweight prospect earlier this year. Another trip abroad is no big deal to the 41-year old southpaw, whose past three fights have taken place in Europe, as well as six of his past 11 dating back to 2007.
Two of the six trips were for separate fights with Wladimir Klitschko. Both occasions took place in July; both ended with Thompson suffering a stoppage loss, his only losses over the course of the past 13 years.
His lone other loss came way back in 2000, when Thompson was a “young” 28 and only five fights deep into his career. The rematch loss to Klitschko marked the 12-year anniversary to the day and also took place exactly 52 weeks ago come fight night.
Still, in 13 years nobody else has been able to do to Thompson what Klitschko was able to accomplish with relative ease. That statistic has him believing he still has plenty to offer the heavyweight division. [Click Here To Read More]
A rematch with David Price comes this Saturday at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England, the same hosting venue for his shocking 2nd round knockout of the unbeaten heavyweight prospect earlier this year. Another trip abroad is no big deal to the 41-year old southpaw, whose past three fights have taken place in Europe, as well as six of his past 11 dating back to 2007.
Two of the six trips were for separate fights with Wladimir Klitschko. Both occasions took place in July; both ended with Thompson suffering a stoppage loss, his only losses over the course of the past 13 years.
His lone other loss came way back in 2000, when Thompson was a “young” 28 and only five fights deep into his career. The rematch loss to Klitschko marked the 12-year anniversary to the day and also took place exactly 52 weeks ago come fight night.
Still, in 13 years nobody else has been able to do to Thompson what Klitschko was able to accomplish with relative ease. That statistic has him believing he still has plenty to offer the heavyweight division. [Click Here To Read More]
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