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Lomachenko stops Linares in 10th, becomes fastest to win third belt

NEW YORK - Vasiliy Lomachenko lifted himself off the canvas, regained his faculties and figured out a way to bury a disabling punch to the ribs of Jorge Linares.

That damaging blow closed his thrilling pursuit to become the fastest man to wear a third weight-class belt, as Lomachenko scored a gritty 10th-round technical knockout of the veteran champion Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

"Perfectly landed," Linares lamented of the punch by Lomachenko (11-1), who

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