In boxing news, the referee from the controversial Usyk versus Verhoeven fight has told a boxing commission he had seen enough to stop the bout in the eleventh round—before the bell even sounded. According to BBC Sport, the stoppage decision has drawn scrutiny in the sport over whether it came too early in what was already a contentious match.

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