Virgil Hill returned home to Bismarck, N.D.,...

Virgil Hill returned home to Bismarck, N.D., and stopped Jean-Marie Emebe of Cameroon at 1:29 of the 11th round to retain his World Boxing Assn. light-heavyweight boxing title.

Hill (21-0) knocked down Emebe early in the deciding round of the scheduled 12-rounder. Emebe (25-5) got up quickly and backed Hill into a corner, but Hill reversed himself and put Emebe in the same corner, throwing combinations that Emebe failed to answer. Referee Roberto Ramirez of Puerto Rico stepped in and stopped the bout.

A crowd of 8,300 watched Hill’s second successful title defense.