Boxing: American Lou Del Valle wins World Boxing Association light- heavyweight title

American Lou Del Valle took the vacant World Boxing Association light- heavyweight title on Saturday night in Aachen, Germany, by stopping Eddy Smulders, of the Netherlands, in the eighth round.

WORLD BOXING ORGANISATION WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAPIONSHIP (Aachen, Ger): M Lowe (Ger, holder) bt M Carruth (Ire) pts.