Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC heavyweight title at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles with a convincing stoppage of Mexican-American Cris Arreola at the end of round 10.

THE slim Olympic qualification hopes of Irish heavyweight champion Alan Reynolds were shattered in Gothenburg when he was stopped on the 20 point rule by local star Andreas Gustafsson in the third round of their semi-final bout.

Vitali Klitschko exacted a measure of revenge as he captured the WBC heavyweight title with an eighth-round technical knockout of Corrie Sanders.