Boxing: Yokthai Sith Oar retains junior bantamweight title

Yokthai Sith Oar, of Thailand, retained his World Boxing Association junior bantamweight title yesterday against the Japanese challenger Satoshi Iida. It was the third defence for Yokthai, who won the title by knocking out Alimi Goitia, of Venezuela, last August.

MONDAY'S LATE RESULTS: Professional Promotion (Hull): 10-rd British weltwerweight title eliminator: S McCracken (Birmingham) bt D Berry (Derby) rsf 10th. 8-rd light welterweight: A Holligan (Liverpool) bt R Bilius (Lithuania) pts. 12-rd British featherweight title: P Ingle (Scarborough, holder) bt M Alldis (Crawley) ret 11th. 4-rd heavyweight: C Bowen-Price (Manchester) bt W Framas (Pol) pts; 4-rd lightweight: T Tontchev (Bul) bt W Jones (Saltash) rsf first. 4-rd heavyweight: G Williams (Nottingham) bt G Corrigan (Bridlington) rsf 4th.