Mosley and Reid Win on Knockouts

Shane Mosley defended his International Boxing Federation lightweight title for the fourth time with a fifth-round knockout of Wilfredo Ruiz on Saturday night.

In the co-feature at the Apollo of Temple in Philadelphia, Olympic gold medalist David Reid also remained unbeaten with a fourth-round knockout of Simon Brown in a junior middleweight fight.

Mosley (28-0) battered Ruiz (25-4) for five rounds, but the late replacement for the injured Ivan Robinson refused to go down.

Mosley was leading on all scorecards when his straight right sent Ruiz to the canvas 2:32 into the fifth round, his 26th knockout.

Reid (10-0) earned his seventh knockout with a hard right hand that stunned Brown (47-8) two minutes into the fourth round of the scheduled 10-round fight.

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Carlos Navarro (16-0) of Los Angeles retained his World Boxing Union junior featherweight title by stopping Ruben Diaz (14-4-1) of Mexico after seven rounds at Indio.