Klitschko retains heavyweight title
Vitali Klitschko successfully defended his World Boxing Council heavyweight title on Saturday stopping previously unbeaten Cristobal Arreola after 10 rounds of a scheduled 12.
The one-sided fight ended with a victory for Ukraine's Klitschko when Arreola's trainer Henry Ramirez threw in the towel before the start of the 11th round and the referee stopped the fight.
"I know he was hurt," Klitschko said. "I hit him a lot. He has a great, great chin."
Klitschko, who won every round on one of the judge's scorecards, improved to 38-2 with 37 knockouts while American Arreola dropped to 27-1 with 24 KOs.
Klitschko bloodied Arreola's nose in the eighth round, keeping the challenger away with his longer reach and a straight left jab in front of a near capacity crowd at Staples Center arena.
Ramirez said he had no choice but to stop the slaughter when he did.
"He was taking too much punishment," Ramirez said of his fighter. "It was not an easy decision, but I had to do it."
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