Klitschko KOs Pianeta in 6th
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May 6, 2013, Monday
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WLADIMIR Klitschko retained his WBA and IBF heavyweight titles with a sixth-round knockout of Francesco Pianeta of Italy in Mannheim, Germany, on Saturday.
The Ukrainian was never troubled by Pianeta and he finished off the unbeaten southpaw with a right-left combination. Pianeta stayed down but there was no point in delaying the inevitable and the referee ended the bout 2 minutes, 52 seconds into the round.
"Francesco tried, he has a fighting heart," Klitschko said. "He's a positive example in boxing. I'm sure he's learned a lot and that he has a great future ahead of him."
Klitschko rocked Pianeta inside the first 30 seconds, knocked him to the canvas with a straight right down the middle in the fourth, and again with a left blow in the fifth.
"I'm very disappointed and sad," said Pianeta, a cancer survivor who lives in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. "I can't say anything. It wasn't my day. He's the world champion. It wasn't enough. That was rubbish today."
The fighters worked together briefly last year and Klitschko tried to be kind to his former sparring partner. Pianeta dropped to 28-1-1 (15KO), while the 37-year-old Klitschko improved to 60-3 after his 52nd knockout.
The Ukrainian was never troubled by Pianeta and he finished off the unbeaten southpaw with a right-left combination. Pianeta stayed down but there was no point in delaying the inevitable and the referee ended the bout 2 minutes, 52 seconds into the round.
"Francesco tried, he has a fighting heart," Klitschko said. "He's a positive example in boxing. I'm sure he's learned a lot and that he has a great future ahead of him."
Klitschko rocked Pianeta inside the first 30 seconds, knocked him to the canvas with a straight right down the middle in the fourth, and again with a left blow in the fifth.
"I'm very disappointed and sad," said Pianeta, a cancer survivor who lives in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. "I can't say anything. It wasn't my day. He's the world champion. It wasn't enough. That was rubbish today."
The fighters worked together briefly last year and Klitschko tried to be kind to his former sparring partner. Pianeta dropped to 28-1-1 (15KO), while the 37-year-old Klitschko improved to 60-3 after his 52nd knockout.
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