Big win for both fighters

LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. put on a show in the last fight of his spectacular career. Conor McGregor didn’t do so badly, either. Mayweather figured out a 50th opponent late Saturday night, letting McGregor have the early rounds before stalking him and leaving the mixed martial artist defenseless and exhausted on the ropes in the 10th round. It was a smashing end to an undefeated career that earned Mayweather more money than any fighter before him — including an estimated $300 million to $350 million for his last bout. McGregor expected to make at least $100 million in his first boxing match. “I think we gave the fans what they wanted to see,” Mayweather said. “I owed them for the (Manny) Pacquiao fight.” Mayweather battered the UFC star around the ring in the later rounds, and his flurry of punches at 1:05 of the 10th forced referee Robert Byrd to stop the fight. With the win, Mayweather surpassed Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 record that had served as a benchmark in the sport.

BASEBALL

› MIAMI — Roused from its apathy for baseball, South Florida let out a long roar Sunday for Giancarlo Stanton, who responded with a wave from the top step of the dugout to give the crowd a good look at the sport’s newest 50-homer man. Stanton reached the big number with a tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning, helping the surprising Miami Marlins sweep the San Diego Padres with a 6-2 victory. Baseball fever broke out at Marlins Park, where Stanton earned a curtain call for the first time since the place opened in 2012. The crowd of 23,725 was typical for the attendance-challenged Marlins, but fans went wild when Stanton became the first National League player to reach 50 homers since Prince Fielder did so for Milwaukee in 2007.

› SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Tsubasa Tomii buckled down after allowing two first-inning home runs, and Japan hit three homers in the fourth to win the Little League World Series title with a 12-2 victory over Lufkin, Texas, on Sunday. The Lone Star State standouts went up 2-0 on a first-pitch leadoff homer by Chandler Spencer and an opposite-field shot by Hunter Ditsworth. But after starter Chip Buchanan was pulled in the fourth inning, Lufkin had trouble getting outs and the game was stopped in the fifth inning after Japan went ahead by 10. The title marks the 11th time a team from Japan has won the LLWS.

AUTO RACING

› SPA-FRANORCHAMPS, Belgium — Lewis Hamilton celebrated his record-tying 68th pole position with a victory in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, trimming championship leader Sebastian Vettel’s advantage to seven points. Hamilton earned his fifth win of the season and 58th overall.

› MADISON, Ill. — Josef Newgarden

passed teammate Simon Pagenaud and drove away to his fourth IndyCar series victory of the season late Saturday night at Gateway Motorsports Park. Newgarden, the 26-year-old Team Penske driver from Tennessee, increased his series points lead over Chip Ganassi driver Scott Dixon

with two races remaining.