Lomachenko’s win cut short

Vasyl Lomachenko beat Guillermo Rigondeaux at New York when Rigondeaux’s corner stopped the fight after six rounds because the boxer was complaining of pain in his left hand.

Lomachenko was easily winning boxing’s first pro match between two-time Olympic gold medalists when Rigondeaux and his trainers jointly called for the match to be stopped.

Promoter Dino Duva said Rigondeaux first felt pain in the second round, and hurt it more significantly in the third. Duva said doctors believed the hand could be broken and were sending the 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist from Cuba to the hospital for X-rays.

Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) earned his seventh consecutive victory by stoppage and defended his World Boxing Organization 130-pound title.

From staff and wire reports