Referee calls halt to Sakamoto's WBA title challenge+

Referee calls halt to Sakamoto's WBA title challenge+

TOKYO - Japan's Hiroyuki Sakamoto (center) leans against the ropes as referee Mitch Halpern (left) calls a halt to his challenge for Venezuelan Gilbert Serrano's World Boxing Association lightweight title on March 12. The fight at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan was stopped 2 minutes, 27 seconds into the fifth round when the ringside doctor ruled that Sakamoto's right eye was too swollen for him to continue.

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