Greenberg successfully defends IBO title

roman greenberg 298.88 (photo credit: Blake-Ezra Cole)
roman greenberg 298.88
(photo credit: Blake-Ezra Cole)
Israeli boxer Roman Greenberg successfully defended his IBO Intercontinental heavyweight title on Saturday night in Monte Carlo, knocking out 31-year-old Russian champion Alexei Varakin in the sixth round. It was Greenberg's 23rd win of his career and his sixteenth by knock out.