BOXING : Norris Stops Jimmerson Streak at 16

World Boxing Assn. cruiserweight champion Orlin Norris beat Art Jimmerson on Sunday night when the ringside physician stopped the bout after three rounds.

Jimmerson staggered to his corner, and Dr. Robert Karns said it would have been unsafe for him to continue.

Norris (39-3 with 22 knockouts) stunned Jimmerson (30-6) with numerous punches while Jimmerson was on the ropes in the middle of the third round.

Norris, 193 pounds, then stopped the 16-fight winning streak of Jimmerson, 195, with another flurry of punches at the end of the round.

Norris is the older brother of former WBA super-welterweight champion Terry Norris.

In scheduled 10-round bouts, Danny Romero, 112 1/2, of Albuquerque, N.M., knocked out Armando Diaz, 113, of Laredo, Tex., at 42 seconds of the ninth round.

Julio Cesar Herrera, 130, of San Diego, knocked out Raul Cantreras, 130, of El Centro, Calif., at 1:25 of the second round.

On the undercard, Anthony Brown, 154, of Phoenix fought Jeff Leggett, 150, of San Diego to a majority four-round draw.

Other results included: Roberto Garcia, 127, of Oxnard knocking out Hector Diaz, 127, of El Centro at 2:56 of the second round; and Alfredo Garcia of Los Angeles, 147 3/4, fighting Sergio Mesa, 146, of Pomona to a four-round draw.