December 15th, 2008 
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Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko successfully defended his WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight titles in Mannheim, Germany with a technical knockout of Hasim Rahman in round seven on Saturday. Klitschko won every round and first had Rahman on the deck in the sixth. The referee stopped the fight after Klitschko, 32, landed a series of punches to Rahman’s head and the American retreated to the ropes, barely able to stand. The Ukrainian had already knocked him down in round six.
“I thought I could land some punches earlier but it wasn’t worth it because Hasim Rahman knew he was up against the best and he was really focused, you could see that,” Klitschko, who has been dubbed ‘Dr. Steelhammer. He really hung in there and it wasn’t easy.” Klitschko said.
Rahman was unable to get past Klitschko’s left jab to land the kind of big punch that saw him beat world champion Lennox Lewis in 2001, when he knocked out the Briton with a right hook to record one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. Klitschko, younger brother of WBC champion Vitali, improved his record to 52 wins and three defeats while Rahman, who slipped to 45 wins, seven defeats and two draws.
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