Wladimir Klitschko has knocked out Jean-Marc Mormeck of France in the fourth round of a one-sided affair at the football stadium of Fortuna Duesseldorf in Germany.
The Ukrainian put Mormeck down with a left-right combination. Mormeck beat the count, but looked wobbly and referee Luis Pabon stopped the bout.
The Ukrainian had already sent his much smaller opponent (Klitschko is 17 centimeters taller, 13 kilograms heavier and has an 18 cm reach advantage) staggering in the second round, and completely dominated throughout so that the Frenchman was never able to connect with a clean punch.
“His strategy was to make me tired but I dominated,” Klitschko said after the fight.
The knockout became the 50th in Klitschko’s professional career. He retained his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles on Saturday and improved his record to 57-3, while Mormeck dropped to 36-5.
The Ukrainian’s next opponent could most probably become the WBA regular champion Aleksandr Povetkin if the Russian defends his title against mandatory challenger Hasim Rahman.