Boxing: Hearns wins bout

Veteran Thomas Hearns took another stuttering step towards an eighth world boxing title with a laboured 10th round stoppage of Shannon Landberg in Detroit yesterday.

Two fights into his comeback, Hearns, 47, landed plenty of blows during the scheduled 10-round light-heavyweight bout, but none with the lethal power that made him one of the most feared fighters of his era during the 1980s.

"The Hitman" was well ahead on all three judges scorecards when referee Dale Grable stopped the bout 1m 35s into the final round, improving his record to 61-5-1, including 48 knockouts.

Earlier on the card, his son, middleweight Ronald Hearns, 27, knocked out Kirk Douglas with a thundering right in the second round to improve his unbeaten record to 8-0, including six inside the distance.