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Jennings stopped by Cotto

A brave performance from Britain's Michael Jennings was not enough to prevent Miguel Cotto regaining a welterweight world title belt at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

Former British champion Jennings, in his first fight outside the UK, was no match for the Puerto Rican in his first contest since losing an 11th-round thriller to the now disgraced Antonio Margarito last summer.

Referee Benji Estevez called the fight off with 24 seconds left of the fifth round as Jennings rose from the canvas for the third time as Cotto, now 33-1 (27 KOs), took possession of the vacant WBO title, leaving his beaten opponent 34-2 (16 KOs).

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