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Steiglitz retains title by landslide, Pulev stops Sprott

Phil D. Jay 
WBN Editor 

Robert Stieglitz made a successful fifth defence of the WBO super-middleweight crown with a lopsided points win over a game Henry Weber at the Baden-Arena in Germany.


The 30 year-old set up an April date against former WBC champion Mikkel Kessler in Copenhagen by winning almost every round on my card and two of the judges cards to score a 41st career win.


The two judges in question, Jose Torres and Ingo Barrabas scored the bout 119-109, 118-110 respectively, whilst Zoltan Enyedi somehow managed to give Weber four rounds.


Earlier, undefeated Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev dominated former European champion Michael Sprott before stopping the Briton in the tenth round of twelve.

 The 30 year-old, who is nicknamed 'The Cobra' improved his perfect record to 15-0 with what was his seventh knockout victory over a lacklustre Sprott to defend his IBF International heavyweight title.

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