Boxing:American Shannon Briggs lost his WBO title on Saturday after suffering a unanimous points decision defeat by Russia's Sultan Ibragimov at the Boardwalk Hall.
Ibragimov used his agility to easily outpoint Briggs 119-109, 117-111 and 115-113 and leave America again without a heavyweight champion.
The 32-year-old Ibragimov, an Olympic silver medallist at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, remained undefeated as a professional.
Briggs (48-5-1) had won 12 straight bouts and captured his first career title by scoring a technical knockout victory against Sergei Liakhovich in November 2006.
Ibragimov joins Ukraine's Wladimir Klitschko (IBF), Kazakhstan's Oleg Maskaev (WBC) and Ruslan Chagaev of Uzbekistan (WBA) as heavyweight champions.
