Boxing
From Staff and Wire Reports
Victor Rabanales of Mexico won the World Boxing Council bantamweight title by stopping champion Joichiro Tatsuyoshi of Japan in the ninth round at Osaka, Japan.
Tatsuyoshi was returning from a one-year layoff after an operation on his left eye. Referee Richard Steele stepped in at 1:19 of the round as Rabanales pounded Tatsuyoshi with body blows.
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