GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) Wladimir Klitschko again proved his dominance of the heavyweight division, stopping Ruslan Chagaev in a hastily put together title fight Saturday night before 61,000 fans at a German soccer stadium.
The IBF and WBO champion added the Ring Magazine belt to his haul, knocking Chagaev down in the second round and opening a cut over the Uzbekistan-born fighter's left eye in the eighth.
Referee Eddie Cotton stopped the fight before the 10th round.
LAS VEGAS (AP) Floyd Mayweather Jr. has said rumblings about his financial troubles are nothing more than rumors, but public records obtained by The Associated Press show the boxer nicknamed "Money" owes about $6.4 million to the Internal Revenue Service and others.
The IRS hit the former pound-for-pound boxing king with a lien in October for $6.17 million in unpaid taxes from 2007, according to the Clark County Recorder in Las Vegas. A New Jersey Superior Court judgment from the same year shows he owes $193,000 in state taxes there. (MORE)
More evidence points to Arguello death a suicide
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) Investigators have released new evidence that points to suicide in the death of former boxing champion and Managua mayor Alexis Arguello.
The rising star of the governing Sandinista party, a movement he once bitterly opposed, died at his home of a single gunshot to the chest early Wednesday. (MORE)
Former boxing champ, Managua mayor Arguello dead
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) Alexis Arguello, who fought in one of boxing's most classic brawls and reigned supreme at 130 pounds, was found dead at his home early Wednesday.
Coroners were conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Sandanista Party's Radio Ya and other local media were reporting it appeared to be a suicide. (MORE)
Former boxing champ, Managua Mayor Arguello dead
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) Boxing great and Managua Mayor Alexis Arguello died at his home of a single gunshot to his chest in an apparent suicide on Wednesday.
An autopsy report said the bullet hit 57-year-old Arguello's heart and left lung, and concluded the probable cause was suicide. Assistant judicial police chief Glenda Zavala said Arguello shot himself with a 9 mm pistol and was already dead when relatives brought him to the hospital. (MORE)
Pryor recalls epic brawl with Arguello
NEW YORK (AP) Nearly three decades ago, a ferocious puncher and a brilliant ring tactician waged one of boxing's epic brawls under the twinkling lights of the Orange Bowl in Miami, a fight so big that few remember Roberto Duran was on the undercard.
After 14 back-and-forth rounds, Aaron Pryor brutally knocked out Alexis Arguello to retain his world junior welterweight title. The fight on Nov. 12, 1982, left an indelible impression on the 23,000-plus who crowded near the ring. (MORE)
Weekend Fights
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) Juan Manuel Lopez, Puerto Rico, stopped Olivier Lontchi, Canada, 9, to retain his WBO super bantamweight title.
BERLIN (AP) - Arthur Abraham, Germany, stopped Mahir Oral, Germany, 10, to retain his IBF middleweight title. (MORE)
Lopez stops Lontchi, holds WBO jnr. feather belt
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (AP) Puerto Rico's Juan Manuel Lopez stopped Canadian Olivier Lontchi in the ninth round to retain the WBO junior featherweight title on Saturday.
For Lopez (26-0, 24 KOs), the TKO was his 14th consecutive knockout. (MORE)
Lopez stops Lontchi in 9th round
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) Juan Manuel Lopez stopped Olivier Lontchi in the ninth round to retain the WBO junior featherweight title Saturday night.
For Lopez (26-0, 24 KOs), the TKO was his 14th consecutive knockout. (MORE)
Argentina's Maidana stuns Victor Ortiz
LOS ANGELES (AP) Victor Ortiz's left eye was nearly swollen shut, and his right eye was ringed by a deep cut. Bruises and abrasions covered much of the rest of his face.
Nope, the Golden Boy's telegenic protege isn't quite ready for prime time. (MORE)
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