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14.07.08, 03:38
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MONTREAL (AP)—Daniel Santos knocked out Joachim Alcine with a right-left combination 2:10 into the sixth round Friday night to take his World Boxing Association light middleweight title.
The 32-year-old Santos (32-3-1), of Puerto Rico, had outboxed a nervous-looking Alcine (30-1), of Montreal, in three of the first five rounds.
In the sixth, the southpaw Santos threw a jab up the middle and then floored Alcine with a left hook. Alcine tried to get up, but fell back on his side before a stunned home crowd of more than 8,000 for the open-air bout at Uniprix Stadium.
Alcine won the WBA belt in July 2007 from American Travis Simms in Bridgeport, Conn., and made a successful optional defense in December against Alfonso Mosquera. This was his first mandatory defense.
Santos is a champion for the third time. He held the WBO welterweight title from 1999 to 2001 and the WBO light middleweight belt from 2002-05, finally losing it to Sergei Dzinziruk.
Santos wins WBA light middleweight title (http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=Anai9nKeqmLlaTkWtATc2mqUxLYF?slug=ap-alcine-santos&prov=ap&type=lgns)
MONTREAL (AP)—Daniel Santos knocked out Joachim Alcine with a right-left combination 2:10 into the sixth round Friday night to take his World Boxing Association light middleweight title.
The 32-year-old Santos (32-3-1), of Puerto Rico, had outboxed a nervous-looking Alcine (30-1), of Montreal, in three of the first five rounds.
In the sixth, the southpaw Santos threw a jab up the middle and then floored Alcine with a left hook. Alcine tried to get up, but fell back on his side before a stunned home crowd of more than 8,000 for the open-air bout at Uniprix Stadium.
Alcine won the WBA belt in July 2007 from American Travis Simms in Bridgeport, Conn., and made a successful optional defense in December against Alfonso Mosquera. This was his first mandatory defense.
Santos is a champion for the third time. He held the WBO welterweight title from 1999 to 2001 and the WBO light middleweight belt from 2002-05, finally losing it to Sergei Dzinziruk.
Santos wins WBA light middleweight title (http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=Anai9nKeqmLlaTkWtATc2mqUxLYF?slug=ap-alcine-santos&prov=ap&type=lgns)