BOXING Lewis stops Klitschko in 6th-round TKO

Ring doctor Paul Wallace ordered referee Lou Moret to stop the fight.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lennox Lewis was exposed as an aging fighter Saturday night by Vitali Klitschko, but retained his heavyweight title after a cut stopped the big and tough challenger after six brawling rounds.
An entertaining fight ended on a sour note when the ring doctor ordered the fight stopped after the sixth round of a fight that Klitschko was winning on all three scorecards.
Klitschko, bleeding badly from a cut over his left eye, jumped off his stool in disbelief, yelling "No, no, no" and going across the ring toward Lewis as if he wanted the fight to continue.
Klitschko hurt Lewis in the early rounds and was more than holding his own in a fight that magnified both the ring rust Lewis had from not fighting for a year and also being a 37-year-old heavyweight in the ring.
Stopping the fight
All three ringside judges had Klitschko winning 58-56, but ring doctor Paul Wallace looked at the cut and ordered referee Lou Moret to stop the fight.
The crowd at Staples Center booed wildly, and Klitschko held his arms up in victory and pointed to his heart. It was his heart that had been questioned when he quit on the stool between rounds against Chris Byrd.
Klitschko went into the fight a 4-1 underdog and wasn't even supposed to be the best fighter in his family. That honor belonged to his brother, Wladimir, who worked his corner against Lewis.
But the 6-foot-7 Klitschko came out and traded punches from the opening bell, rocking Lewis in the second and third rounds and hitting him with almost every left jab he threw. Lewis looked tired and old, but did enough to come back and land uppercuts and right hands.
One big right hand appeared to open a cut in the third round that proved to be the undoing of Klitschko.
Warren fighter wins
BUTLER, Pa. -- Etianne E.T. Whitaker used a devastating straight right to the face of Tucker Lambert that dropped the Charleston, W.Va., fighter for the 10-count at 1:44 of the second round Saturday night.
The light heavyweight bout was the main event of a pro-am card that had six amateur and three professional bouts before a crowd of 800 fans at Butler High School.
Whitaker, a Warren native, recorded his 18th knockout of his pro career and improved his record to 30-10-2.
"Tom Vacca should find room on the July 1st Cafaro Field undercard for E.T., who right now is the reigning veteran of boxing in the Mahoning Valley," said Pat Nelson, Whitaker's manager.