Boxing

Broner stops Rees to win

Undefeated American Adrien Broner stopped Britain's Gavin Rees in the fifth round on Saturday to retain his World Boxing Council lightweight world crown. Broner dropped the 32-year-old Welshman with right and left uppercuts and landed a ferocious flurry before referee Earl Brown stopped the fight after two minutes and 59 seconds of the fifth round.