 Mosley (right) dominated the contest with 108 power punches
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American challenger Shane Mosley claimed a stunning ninth-round stoppage of Mexican Antonio Margarito to win the WBA welterweight title.
Mosley, 37, ended the fight with a technical knockout 43 seconds into the ninth round.
His slick hand and foot speed saw him dominate the contest in Los Angeles.
He said: "It was my strategy, my focus and my game plan that won it. I knew it was going to be a tough fight but it was a great plan."
He improved his career record to 46-5 with 39 knockouts, with 30-year-old Margarito slipping to 37-6 with 27 knockouts.
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The start of the fight was a close affair but in the third round Mosley stopped Margarito in his tracks with a searing right jab.
In the fifth round, Margarito made contact with a few body blows before he was caught by a solid left punch by Mosley, who continued to control the pace of the fight with his nimble footwork.
Mosley dominated the next two rounds, pummelling Margarito almost at will with clever combinations and he came close to ending it in the eighth with a jab to the body and an uppercut to his head.
After Mosley unleashed another flurry of combinations in the ninth, referee Raul Caiz stepped in to call a technical knockout.
"I feel OK," said Margarito, who had claimed the WBA welterweight title in Les Vegas last July by stopping Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico. "I was just getting caught over and over."
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