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SCHWERIN, Germany: Germany's Juergen Braehmer retained his WBO light heavyweight crown overnight Saturday in scoring a point victory over Russian Dmitry Sukhotsky.
Braehmer, making his first defence, had to go to the wire in the eastern city of Schwerin to see off Sukhotsky.
The challenger had the upper hand in round ten but finally bowed out as the judges handed a 116-112, 116-112, 118-112 verdict to his rival.
Braehmer, 31, now has 35 wins under his belt, including 28 knockouts, for just two defeats.
Sukhotsky went down to his first defeat in 15 fights.
Braehmer first landed the title left vacant by Hungarian Zsolt Erdei, who now holds the WBC cruiserweight belt, in August.
The German is a controversial figure, however.
He received a four-year jail term in 1998 and another 30-month term in 2002 for assault and now faces an investigation over a claim he assaulted a woman in a Schwerin bar in September 2008. - AFP/de
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