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I saw the fight in full on German (free) TV. It was probably the best heavyweight fight of the last years.

Klitschko did not hit with his killer jab although he unpacked his right ram more often and earlier than he usually does, and Haye defended impressively by actinbg very agile and swinging his head and chest left and right and back like a cobra, even in the last round. Both boxers were showing top fitness. But in return Haye was unable to deliver any threats, he tried, but indeed only made hay with his even pre-announced swingers. He was agile and fast, but that was not enough. In the first third, they all in all were even, but in the last third Klitschko more and more often scored clear hits, nevertheless had to be on his guard even in the last round. Just on two or three occasions when he had to move backwards to avoid a sudden assault by Haye one thought that maybe Haye could land a lucky hit. In most of the fight Haye lacked the means to get around Klitschko's defence. However, he was able to almost neutralise Klitschko'S advantage in arm's length. Can't remember a fight when that Klitschko fired short of his opponents face so often.

Haye evaded Klitschko pushing him down by letting himself fall to the ground very, very often. That may be clever, but that his corner complained to the referee and the ref in the next round punished Klitschko with one point, was a bias in decision therefore. The ref tried to repair that later, when Haye once again fell to the ground over nothing - and got counted at. Haye clearly eyed assistance from the ref - it caught my attention how very often he looked at the ref.

The win for Kitschko is okay, all in all he was better, and showed Haye how incredibly difficult it is to get inside Klitschko's jab (and that jab alone is a threat so menacing that not even a fast boxer like Haye can afford to play around with it). The decision of the three scoring referees underlines that, it was much clearer a decision than I expected.

I also like that Haye lost. He behaved like an azz and overstepped that thin red line several times before the fight. Such bigmouths I laugh at when they finally lose. However, I also must say he fought very well. But he needs to work on his behavior. That he let the audience and the TV broadcasters wait for over 20 minutes, once again illustrated his megalomania. The president of the event said it will have financial consequences for him, for he was being told for the better before the fight not to play any games like that.

Solid win-by-points for Klitschko - nothing to criticise in his performance.

German TV announced 16.3million people having watched the fight live on TV. That is a new record here.