WORLD heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko needed an impressive performance against top contender Kubrat Pulev and he got one.

Pulev was keen to exchange, but his eagerness resulted in the favourite clouting him to the canvas twice in the first round. Pulev was down again in the third before Wlad landed the definitive shot in round five. It was a short, savage, left hook and charts at No.3.

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