Sport in Short: Boxing
NICKY PIPER won his first professional title when he beat Miguel Maldonado, of Argentina, on a unanimous points decision over 12 rounds for the Penta-Continental super-middleweight title in Manchester on Saturday night.
WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (Sacramento, Calif): T Lopez (US, holder) bt D Thobela (SA) pts.
INTERNATIONAL BOXING FEDERATION SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (Las Vegas): J Toney (US) bt I Barkley (US, holder) rsf 9th.
WORLD BOXING ORGANISATION CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (Hamburg): M Bott (Ger) bt T Booze (US, holder) pts.
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