Lonnie Smith knocked down Billy Costello five...

Lonnie Smith knocked down Billy Costello five times in their bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden, and took away his World Boxing Council super-lightweight championship with an eighth-round knockout. After the fight, Costello announced his retirement.

Earlier, Wilfred Benitez, a former triple world champion, get up from a first-round knockdown to give previously unbeaten Kevin Moley a boxing lesson and win a unanimous 10-round decision in a middleweight fight.