Boxing

Liverpool's Peter Culshaw wore down Kenya's James Wanene to retain his Commonwealth flyweight title in the seventh round in Stevenage last night. Culshaw knocked the fight and breath out of a fast-tiring Wanene with a series of body blows before referee Mickey Vann stopped the fight with the challenger under heavy attack.

PROFESSIONAL PROMOTION (Stevenage): 4-rd light welterweight: N Bardle (Ware) bt B Coleman (Birmingham), pts. 6-rd light middleweight: S Roberts (West Ham) bt R Stevenson (Hull), pts. 12-rd Commonwealth flyweight title: P Culshaw (Liverpool, holder) bt J Wanene (Ken) rsf 7th. 8-rd lightweight: M Ayers (Tooting) bt T Swift (Solihull) rsf 5th. 8-rd bantamweight: S Oliver (Barnet) bt R Williams (Birmingham) ret 3rd.