Miscellany
From Staff and Wire Reports
Eddie Cook of Las Vegas won the World Boxing Assn. bantamweight championship, knocking out champion Israel Contreras of Venezuela in the fifth round of their scheduled 12-round bout.
Cook, 25, now is 17-1 with 15 knockouts. Contreras, 31, is 35-3-1 with 25 knockouts.
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