Brown Stops Young in Second Round, Retains IBF Title
Simon Brown retained his International Boxing Federation welterweight championship Wednesday night by stopping Bobby Joe Young at 2 minutes 39 seconds of the second round in their scheduled 12-round fight.
Brown, 30-1 with 23 knockouts, knocked down Young with a straight right hand 2:20 into the second round, then followed with a left-right combination moments later to make the fifth successful defense of his title.
Brown, a 26-year-old Jamaican living in Washington, D.C., won the IBF title from Tyrone Trice last year.
Young, 30, of Steubenville, Ohio, entered the fight rated eighth by the IBF.
Young is 31-7-1 with 23 knockouts.
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