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Las Vegas, NV (SportsNetwork. Tyrunn Walker Jersey .com) - Deontay Wilder became the first American to win a heavyweight title in more than eight years when he earned a lopsided decision over Bermane Stiverne for the WBC belt on Saturday night. In a fight that wasnt expected to go the distance, Wilder (33-0) seemed in control for most of the 12 rounds against Stiverne (24-2-1) at MGM Grand. The scorecards reflected that. Wilder easily won on each of them, capturing his first major title by scores of 120-107, 119-108 and 118-109. It was the first time in his 33 bouts as a professional that Wilder fought past the fourth round and the first time he didnt knock his opponent out. Wilder, known as the Bronze Bomber for the medal he won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is the first American heavyweight champion since Shannon Briggs held the WBO title from 2006-07. The 29-year-old from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, showed why each of his previous bouts ended in early knockouts. He stunned Wilder with a combination in the second round that started with a hard right hand and was interrupted by the bell. Stiverne tackled Wilder into the corner as he went down, though Wilder wasnt credited with a knockdown. He jawed at Stiverne as they were down on the mat. In his third bout in 10 months, Wilder rarely looked in trouble. Stiverne had him up against the ropes after a good left hand in the sixth round and Wilder later withstood a good combo. But he came back with a combo that shook up Stiverne in the seventh -- a jab followed by a hard, straight right on the chin. Stiverne stumbled into the ropes later in the round after coming up short on a punch. Stiverne, 36, fought for the first time since his sixth-round TKO of Chris Arreola last May 10 gave him claim to the vacant WBC belt. The title had been vacated in December 2013 when Vitali Klitschko retired to pursue political ambitions in Ukraine. On the undercard, Leo Santa Cruz stopped Jesus Ruiz in the eighth round to retain the WBC world super bantamweight title. Santa Cruz (29-0-1, 17 KOs) stunned Ruiz (33-6-5) with a right hand and had him against the ropes when the fight was stopped. It was his fourth successful defense of the title. Zach Laskey Jersey . "I met her, I think, a week ago. We went to a Norwood hockey store and picked her out some gear. Michael Brockers Jersey . The 27th-ranked Austrian underwent surgery on a torn tendon in October and needs more time to recover, the Austria Press Agency reports on Saturday.Eight-time champion Roger Federer headlines the cast at this weeks Gerry Weber Open in Halle, live on Sky Sports 3. Gerry Weber Open - Draw Top Half Roger Federer (1) v Jan-Lennard Struff Ricardas Berankis v Malek Jaziri Denis Kudla v Sergiy Stakhovsky Borna Coric v David Goffin (5) Tomas Berdych (4) v Marcos Baghdatis Dustin Brown v Albert Ramos-Vinolas Ernests Gulbis v Benjamin Becker Alexander Zverev v Victor Troicki (7) Bottom Half Philipp Kohlschreiber (8) v Marcel Granollers Ivo Karlovic v Andrey Kuznetsov Paolo Lorenzi v Teymuraz Gabashvili Joao Sousa v Dominic Thiem (3) David Ferrer (6) v Andreas Seppi Yuichi Sugita v Taylor Fritz Brian Baker v Florian Mayer Lucas Pouille v Kei Nishikori (2) The Swiss great has won the last three renewals of the event to go with with five successes in six stagings from 2003-2008 and he tops the seedings this year. Jared Goff Jersey. .Federer comes into the tournament following a semi-final defeat to Dominic Thiem in Stuttgart over the weekend, his first action since Rome after withdrawing from the French Open with a back injury. The 34-year-old beat Italys Andreas Seppi in last years final and begins his campaign against German wild card Jan-Lennard Struff.Sixth seed David Ferrer has already departed the tournament after a first round defeat to Seppi and fourth seed Tomas Berdych will be hoping to avoid a similar fate when he starts against Marcos Baghdatis. Federers last two defeats have been against Austrias Thiem and the 22-year-old is seeded third and up to a career highest seventh in the world rankings, he starts his campaign against Portugals Joao Sousa.Also in action in Halle this week is world No 6 and second seed Kei Nishikori, who was made to work for a three-set win over Lucas Pouille in his opening match.French Open quarter-finalist David Goffin joined Nishikori in the next round after a closely contested win over 19-year-old Croatian Borna Coric, but the exciting teenage duo of Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz remain in the draw.You can follow all the action on Sky Sports 3 on Monday from 11am and throughout the week, Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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