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INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Joe Smith Jr. stopped Bernard Hopkins 53 seconds into the eighth round of their WBC international light heavyweight title fight Saturday night.Smith used a six-punch combination to send Hopkins through the ropes and on to the floor, effectively ending the 51-year-olds 28-year boxing career.Smith successfully defended his title when Hopkins was unable to return to the ring after 20 seconds. Hopkins hit his head on the way down and twisted his right ankle -- he cited the ankle as the reason he couldnt finish. A WBC official said the injuries incurred forced a TKO.I knew he was a true champion, and if he didnt get injured hed be back here, Smith said. I came here to do my job. This is my coming out party, too. I had to finish him. It was either my career was going to end and his was going to end, but I needed mine to continue.Hopkins was reluctant to accept the outcome, initially claiming that he was shoved out of the ring.I was throwing the right hand and a combination and then using the rope as an offensive as Im known for, and making a mess, Hopkins said. He got frustrated, and I might have gotten glazed with a left hook and next thing I know he was throwing me out of the ring.The reason I said Im upset they are giving Smith the TKO is because the momentum threw the ropes, he added. I didnt dive through the ropes.Hopkins (56-8-2) was looking to wrap his career with one last showing of defensive-minded boxing in front of an enthusiastic, star-studded crowd at the Forum. Instead, he finished in the same manor he started, with a loss.This is my last fight, I promised it would be and you come to that point in life where it is final and Im happy with my retirement, Hopkins said. I know the fans will know I went out as a soldier, fighting the toughest, baddest opponents. Im not saying I agree, Im not in denial -- Joe was a tough, heavy hitting fighter.Wearing his old Executioner shorts as a throwback to his earlier fighting days, Hopkins looked his age early as Smith (23-1, 19 KOs) was the aggressor to start. Hopkins regained some footing in the fifth and sixth rounds but Smith gained momentum and took it with him through the eighth, when he pummeled Hopkins in a corner and sent him through the ropes.I had seen him fall, and I kept hitting him until I saw him go out, and I landed that left hook until he went out, Smith said. I knew he had time to go out, but I hit him with four or five clean shots and they were good shots on the button.In his prime, Hopkins won a record 20 consecutive middleweight title fights. He became the oldest-ever champion when he defended his light-heavyweight belt at 49. 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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mike Trout came through again with a big hit for the Los Angeles Angels.Trouts three-run homer helped the Angels rally from four runs down and beat the Texas Rangers 9-5 on Monday night.Andrelton Simmons had three hits and scored a run, Kole Calhoun scored three times and had an RBI to help the Angels win their fourth straight.After winning only eight games in June, the Angels have gone 9-5 in July and scored a major league-best 95 runs.Were looking relaxed out there and not trying to do too much, Trout said of the offensive turnaround. Were having fun. Every lineup thats out there every day, were having good at-bats and putting the ball in the play.With the score tied 5-5 in the seventh, Jett Bandy was hit by a pitch from Keone Kela (1-1) to start the bottom of the inning and moved to third on Simmons double. One out later, Calhoun hit a fielders choice to second, driving in Bandy with the go-ahead run, and Trout followed with his homer over the left-field fence.Texas, which led 4-0 before Los Angeles rallied to take a 5-4 lead, came back to tie the score in the top of the seventh when Nomar Mazara and Bobby Wilson hit back-to-back doubles.I liked that we fought back after we lost the lead and tied the ballgame up, Rangers manager Jeff Bannister said. But from that point on, we couldnt keep a rhythm.J.C. Ramirez (2-3) pitched 1 2/3 innings for the win, and Cam Bedrosian got the last three outs.The Rangers took a 3-0 lead in the first when Rougned Odor hit a two-run homer, his 17th, and Adrian Beltre followed with his 13th. Mitch Moreland led off the second with his 12th.Nick Tropeano, activated from the disabled list July 4, was removed after two innings with right elbow soreness and will undergo an MRI on Tuesday. In his shortest outing of the season, Tropeano was charged with four earned runs after giving up the three homers.I felt it during warmups, just this soreness throughout, Tropeano said. It wasnt one pitch, which kind of gets my mindset a little more positive, but I just felt some soreness, some discomfort and I knew something wasnt right so I just kind of opened my mouth to say something.The Angels already have three starting pitchers out for the season in Garrett Richards, Andrew Heaney and C.J. Wilson. Left-hander Tyler Skaggs is slated to join the team later this week.ddddddddddddAnytime a pitcher has some discomfort in his elbow youre naturally going to be concerned, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. Were just going to hope and pray that its nothing significant. Well take it one step at a time. Especially with what weve been going through this year with all of our pitchers, we hope this isnt going to be a big blow for us.Jhoulys Chacin followed with four scoreless innings in relief of Tropeano.Albert Pujols drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth and Daniel Nava hit a sacrifice fly to pull the Angels to 4-2. Ji-Man Choi got them within one when he led off the fifth with his first major league home run.The reality is -- and weve talked about it before -- when you give up those freebies, they come back to haunt you, Bannister said. The walks, the hit batters and the errors -- weve got to be able to handle the baseball when we need to.Calhoun scored the tying run on second baseman Odors fielding error in the sixth and the Angels took a 5-4 lead on Johnny Giovatellas RBI single later in the inning.Texas starter A.J. Griffin, who left with two on and none out in the sixth, was charged with five runs and four hits with three walks.TRAINERS ROOMRangers: RF Shin-Soo Choo was scratched from the lineup for the fourth straight day with lower-back tightness. Bannister gave him another day off as a precautionary measure. He came in as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning.Angels: C Geovany Soto was placed on the 15-day disabled list with left knee soreness. Soto returned from the disabled list on July 9 after recovering from meniscus surgery and played two games before feeling soreness.UP NEXTRangers: RHP Kyle Lohse will make his second start with the Rangers since being called up from Triple-A Round Rock. In his lone major league appearance this season, the veteran took the loss while pitching through an oblique strain and has since continued treatment for the oblique strain.Angels: RHP Tim Lincecum continues his comeback attempt with his sixth start of the season, looking for his first win since his June 18 debut. Lincecum has faced the Rangers three times, most famously in the 2012 World Series, where he went 2-0 with a 3.29 ERA. ' ' '