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Summary
World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko retained his title with a 10th round stoppage against a game, but hopelessly outclassed Albert Sosnowski at the Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Klitschko kept Sosnowski on the outside, hunted him down over 10 one-sided rounds and, although the UK-based Pole managed to land jabs and threw wild left and right hands in the middle rounds, the challenger eventually tired and the giant Ukrainian measured his victim up for a definitive finish. It was largely unimpressive from Klitschko, a workmanlike performance at best against an overwhelming underdog who showed great heart and courage, even managing to back Klitschko up on occasions. By the ninth, Klitschko stepped up his attacks, and took the Poles heart with some heavy shots. It was by some way the champion's most attacking round; by the end of that stanza, Sosnowski was in trouble, on the ropes. Klitschko, with his fourth defence of the WBC title, following his return to the ring in 2008 after four years away through injury and surgery, moved to 40 wins, two losses. Sosnowski suffered his third loss in 49 career fights.
