Volodymyr Klitschko defended his WBO and IBF world champion titles in a bout against Nigerian Samuel Peter. In the fight, which took place at a 50,000-seat stadium in Frankfurt, Klitschko knocked out his opponent at the second minute of the 10th round.\n\nPeter became the closest opponent and almost a friend to the Klitschko family. The Ukrainian brothers Volodymyr and Vitali Klitschko have not gotten as close to anyone in professional boxing as they did during their three fights with Peter, embracing as many times as they did.\n\nFive years ago, Klitschko the younger had already entered the ring against Peter and won on points, although he was knocked down three times. That fight gave Peter reason all this time to claim that he had almost beaten Klitschko. And indeed, in that bout the Ukrainian missed a lot and nearly lost, but managed to withstand and earn a hard-fought victory.\n\nAlmost 2 years ago, Peter was beaten by Vitali Klitschko, who returned to professional boxing and took the WBC champion title from the "Nigerian nightmare." Back then there was no question about the winner, since Peter could not withstand all 12 rounds and his team threw in the white towel. So the fight with Klitschko was supposed to be one of the decisive ones for Peter in his confrontation with the Ukrainian brothers.\n\nIndeed, Peter came to the fight in good shape, had lost weight compared to 2005, and became more mobile. But even this proved insufficient to defeat Klitschko. During this time, Klitschko the younger had also grown and no longer takes as many punches and hits much harder now.\n\nThe start of the fight was spectacular for the 50,000-seat "Commerzbank-Arena." Peter immediately went on the attack and even once landed a left hook to the Ukrainian's head. Klitschko met his opponent with his traditional left jab and for some reason did not use the uppercut at all, which could have helped him finish the fight earlier. However, the first round was held at good speed by both boxers and in an exchange of punches.\n\nIn the second round, Peter again went on the offensive but received several painful punches from Klitschko that significantly shook his self-confidence.\n\nAlready in the third round, the Nigerian was not as lively and tried to avoid the Ukrainian's left jab. Although he was not succeeding. Klitschko continued to purposefully break through the Nigerian's armor. This turn of events forced Peter to introduce the element of clinching, forcing Klitschko to expend energy. It should be said that Volodymyr responded to such tactics from his opponent, but this did not prevent him from landing one or two punches to his opponent's head before the clinches.\n\nFrom the 7th round, Peter's strength began to leave him, while Klitschko the younger looked fresh and began to punch more, adding the uppercut to his "diet."\n\nIn the 8th and 9th rounds, Peter was already openly barely moving around the ring. His punches were no longer even landing on the Ukrainian's back, and the swelling above his right eye was growing with every second.\n\nRound 10 became the final one for Peter in the fight with Klitschko. After another clinch from the Nigerian, Klitschko delivered an uppercut, followed by a series of 5-6 more punches to finish him off, and his opponent was on the floor of the ring in a knockout, while Volodymyr celebrates victory with his brother Vitali.\n\nFor Volodymyr Klitschko, this is his 55th victory and 49th by knockout, while for Peter it is only his fourth defeat and third at the hands of the Klitschko family.\nknockout video