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Stanyslav Kashtanov of Ukraine knocked out Jaime Barboza of Costa Rica in the 10th round Saturday to retain his interim WBA super middleweight belt in front of a hometown crowd.
Barboza fell to the canvas following a stunning right hook and had to remove his mouth guard to spit blood as the referee reached the 10 count 2 minutes, 40 seconds into the 10th.
Kashtanov improved to 31-1 with 17 knockouts. Barboza fell to 18-8 with 8 KOs.
Kashtanov took the title in November last year by beating Server Yemurlayev of Ukraine by unanimous decision, and this was his first title defense.
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The 29-year-old Ukrainian first knocked the 35-year-old Barboza to the canvas with a series of body blows near the end of the seventh round.
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