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Boxing Champions Win

Compiled From Wire Services

William Joppy retained his World Boxing Association middleweight title with a narrow unanimous decision over Brazil’s Peter Venancio.

In the undercard bouts, Gussie Nazarov stopped Leavander Johnson in the seventh round to retain the WBA junior lightweight title and Antonio Cermeno won a unanimous decision over Angel Chacon to defend the WBA junior featherweight titles.