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Boxing: Unbeaten Broner stops UK's Rees to keep title

Agence France-PresseFebruary 17, 2013 03:00

Undefeated American Adrien Broner stopped Britain's Gavin Rees in the fifth round on Saturday to retain his World Boxing Council lightweight world crown. Broner dropped the 32-year-old Welshman to the canvas with right and left uppercuts and landed a ferocious flurry before referee Earl Brown stopped the fight after two minutes and 59 seconds of the fifth round. "I'm fresh. I'm fly. I'm flashy. I did my job," Broner said. "If they didn't stop the fight he was going to sleep anyway. Rock-a-bye baby."

Boxing: Broner puts lightweight title on line against Rees

Agence France-PresseFebruary 14, 2013 19:30

Unbeaten Adrien Broner promised more fireworks on Saturday when he makes his first defence of his World Boxing Council lightweight world title against Gavin Rees of Wales. "Put your glasses on because I am going to shine -- hook, right, goodnight," vowed Broner, who battered Antonio DeMarco on the way to an eighth-round technical knockout on November 17 to claim the WBC belt. That victory in Atlantic City saw Broner improve to 25-0 with 21 victories inside the distance.