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With heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko having mowed down the division's top contenders -- in some cases more than once -- where will his next challenges come from?

Promoter Dan Goossen won't be at ringside for heavyweight Tony Thompson's second shot against champion Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday at the Stade de Suisse in Berne, Switzerland.

Wladimir Klitschko took down Tony Thompson in 2008, but the challenger gave Klitschko enough trouble then to create more intrigue in Saturday's rematch in Berne, Switzerland, than any Klitschko fight in recent memory.

It took a rematch on neutral ground, more savvy boxing and three competent judges scoring the fight for Paulie Malignaggi to earn the nod against Juan Diaz.

Fight fans who had the misfortune of watching Nikolai Valuev lumber around the ring for 12 rounds against Evander Holyfield also were treated to a bogus decision, writes Dan Rafael.