Ukrainian-born, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko  scored his 13th straight victory and his 10th stoppage during that run with Saturday’s 10th-round technical knockout victory over Nigerian-born former titlist Samuel Peter, in a rematch of their September 2005 bout won by Klitschko after having been floored three times.

Klitschko nailed the loser with several hooks, right hands and uppercuts — the last punch being a left hook that floored Peter just as referee Robert Byrd was stepping in to protect the teetering ex-champion at 1:22 of the 10th.

The fight, during which Klitschko dominated every round, took place before a raucous Frankfurt Soccer Stadium crowd of about 40,000.

The 34-year-old Klitschko (55-3, 49 knockouts) has not lost since being stopped by Lamon Brewster in the fifth round in April 2004, and ended a four-bout winning streak — all by KO — by the 30-year-old Peter (34-4, 27 KOs) of Las Vegas.

Klitschko vowed before the bout that he would end the fight by knockout, and he kept his word as Peter lost for the first time since March 2009 when he was majority-decisioned over 10 rounds by Eddie Chambers.

Peter was coming off of a March second-round stoppage of Nagy Aguilera, who was fresh off of a first-round knockout of former world heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev.

Peter, who called Klitschko’s style “girls’ fighting,” was out-jabbed 53-to-9 by Klitschko, who also landed more power shots as well, 89-to-26, according to CompuBox.

“I can’t remember a fight where I felt quite as dominant. I thought that I boxed really well tonight. He obviously tried to put pressure on very early in the fight with his left hand, but I was able to end up dominating him in the end,” Klitschko said of Peter, who was dethroned as WBC champion in October 2008 via an eighth-round technical knockout loss to Wladimir’s 39-year-old brother, Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KOs).

“I think that my brother is a better fighter than I am. That’s why he did better than me,” said Wladimir Klitschko, whose brother assisted his trainer, Manny Steward, in his corner. “I certainly enjoyed the fight. I’ve got a lot of respect for Samuel Peter, and I think think that he deserves a round of applause. Samuel Peter is very tough and very game.”

Peter came out in the first round bobbing and weaving, throwing wild punches, and trying to maul his way in against Klitschko as if mimicking the great Joe Frazier.

Klitschko, however, remained at a distance, firing a nice jab and coming over it with a crisp right hand, one of which swiveled Peter’s head.

In the second round, Peter’s head movement began to dissipate as Klitschko landed two early battering right hands behind several jabs and occasionally clinched to halt Peter’s momentum.

A third right hand stopped Peter in his tracks and caused further damage to Peter’s already swelling eyes. Later in the second, Klitschko’s left hook found its mark as well, punctuating a tremendous round.
“Just keep systematically doing what you’re doing,” Klitschko’s trainer, Manny Steward, told his fighter. “You’re slowly breaking him down.”

A third-round right-left, right-left combination shook Peter, who nevertheless continued to move forward and land a nice left hook. Klitschko continued to jab and grab on occasion and pocketed a third consecutive round.

Between landing fourth-round jabs and right hands, the 247-pound Klitschko held on much more even as Peter’s right eye began to puff up badly. Klitschko began to dig right and left uppercuts as well, leaning on the 241-pound Peter and backing him up as if trying to sap the challenger’s energy.

In the fifth, Klitschko landed some nine-straight rights and lefts against Peter, whose right eye was nearly closed shut, and simply battered the smaller man throughout.

In the corner, Steward told Klitschko that Peter’s “legs are gone,” imploring the champion to “keep him in the middle of the ring with your jab.”

In the sixth, Klitschko worked in the left hook and more uppercuts as instructed by Steward, ending with a brutal right uppercut just before the round-ending bell.

Klitschko landed three consecutive right hook-uppercuts to start the seventh, where he also pounded him three wicked right hands followed by three potent left hooks. It was basically target practice.

Peter’s trainer, Abel Sanchez, told him between rounds that he would stop the fight if he didn’t let his hands go.

Klitschko made it easy for Sanchez in the eighth, peppering Peter with the jab, and continuing to nail Peter with right hands. Peter was penalized a point by Byrd for low blows in yet another dominant round for Klitschko.

Two early left hooks began the ninth for Klitschko, who landed two more similar blows in the middle of the round along with a crisp right uppercut. Peter wearily trudged back to his corner, where he was told by Sanchez that he would be given one more round.

Sanchez did not get the chance to throw in the towel, however, as Klitschko’s fists were the determining factor.