Boxing: Valuev floors Jamaican

Russia's Nikolai Valuev retained his World Boxing Association heavyweight title yesterday, stopping Jamaican challenger Owen Beck with a right uppercut in the third round.

The biggest heavyweight in history, at 2.13m and 146kg, sent Beck backwards stiff-legged to the canvas with 1:16 left after a second-round knockdown in the one-sided fight.

A woozy Beck climbed back on to his feet but the referee stopped the bout seconds later as he looked helpless against another flurry from Valuev, 44-0 (32 knockouts).

Many of the 6000 spectators yelled out for a stop to the fight.