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INDIANAPOLIS -- Kyle Busch used his first Brickyard 400 victory as a springboard to his first Sprint Cup title.Hes trying to make sure it happens again.Another dominant weekend at Indianapolis sent Busch home with a historic sweep, a reputation for having tamed Indianapolis tricky 2.5-mile oval and plenty of momentum heading into the chase.To come out of here, at a place this hard to race and be able to have two years like this, I think, is really special, team owner and Super Bowl-winning coach Joe Gibbs said. Thats a tribute to him, the team and (crew chief) Adam Stevens.If Busch keeps driving this well, hell be impossible to catch.He posted the fastest laps in both of Fridays practices, the best speed in two of the three rounds of Cup qualifying Saturday and led a record 149 laps in the double overtime race that went 10 laps longer than the scheduled 160.Busch also won the Xfinity Series race from the pole while leading all but one lap, and the first of two heat races.Its the first time a NASCAR driver has captured two poles and two wins on the same weekend, and he joined Jimmie Johnson as the only back-to-back winners of the Brickyard. Johnson finished third Sunday.Busch was so strong at Indianapolis, that he overshadowed Jeff Gordon in his comeback and Tony Stewart in his farewell race on their home track.Now Busch is looking to replicate the aftermath of last years two-race Indy sweep -- building off the momentum at Pocono as the title quest nears.I thought last year the momentum did carry over, he said. We won this race and then we were running right behind Joey Logano for much of the last stint at Pocono, and we thought we had just enough fuel to make it. We didnt. We ran out.Here are some other things learned from Sundays race:FOND FAREWELL: Gordon and Stewart both missed out on top-10 finishes. Stewart wound up 11th after a late speeding penalty on pit road. Gordon, who replaced the injured Dale Earnhardt Jr., wound up 13th in his season debut. And after the race, Stewart and Gordon -- two Indiana drivers who were once rivals -- took one final, slow lap around the track together to thank their home-state fans.STRONG EFFORT: Busch won the race, but Gibbs had two other cars in the top four. Matt Kenseth, the New Hampshire winner, was second, 2.126 seconds behind Busch. Denny Hamlin overcame a speeding penalty to finish fourth. Carl Edwards looked like he would have a top-five finish before crashing late in the race.NOTHINGS SAFE: While Busch clearly had the dominant car, the closing laps made him nervous. There were three restarts with less than 10 laps to go and each time, Busch managed to pull away and hold on for the win. He just wasnt happy about it. I certainly didnt want one, let alone five of them or however many we had.SECOND ACT: Buschs brother, Kurt, already has raced in the Indianapolis 500. 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Sam Reinhart Jersey .ca NFL Power Rankings, overtaking the Denver Broncos and remaining ahead of NFC competition San Francisco, Carolina and New Orleans. A roundup of the past weeks notable boxing results from around the world:Saturday at Las VegasTerence Crawford W12 Viktor Postol - Fight RecapUnifies two junior welterweight titles Scores: 118-107 (twice), 117-108 Records: Crawford (29-0, 20 KOs); Postol (28-1, 12 KOs)Rafaels remarks: For a fight that many viewed as one that would be quite competitive, Crawford, 28, of Omaha, Nebraska, shut down that notion pretty quickly in a dominant win against Postol, 32, of Ukraine, to unify 140-pound titles, stamp himself as the worlds best in the division without a doubt and drive home his worthiness as a top pound-for-pound talent. He also set himself up for a possible Nov. 5 showdown against unretiring Manny Pacquiao in what would be a very intriguing potential changing-of-the-guard fight.The 5-foot-11 Postol, who owned a three-inch height advantage, appeared to tower over Crawford and early on it looked like Crawford, who is typically a slow starter, might have a long night. After a shaky first three rounds, however, Crawford figured Postol out and romped to the win. Perhaps it was not the most scintillating performance, but Crawford did as he pleased, landed left hands almost at will and left Postol with no answers on how to deal with his speed, movement or punches from assorted angles. The CompuBox statistics illustrated that well as Crawford landed 141 of 388 punches (36 percent) to Postols 83 of 244 (34 percent). More notably, Postol averaged landing seven of 20 punches per round to Crawfords 12 of 32. Postol averaged landing 20 of 71 punches per round in his previous five fights. That tells you how good Crawfords defense is.Oscar Valdez KO2 Matias Adrian Rueda - Fight RecapWins a vacant featherweight title Records: Valdez (20-0, 18 KOs); Rueda (26-1, 23 KOs)Rafaels remarks: From the moment Valdez, 25, Mexicos only two-time Olympic boxer (2008 and 2012) turned pro he was viewed as a blue-chip prospect expected to win a world title. He did just that and in devastating fashion in this pure destruction of Rueda, 28, whose beautiful record had been build against a series of nobodies in his native Argentina. Valdez, who dreamed of winning a world title since he began boxing at age 8, won the belt vacated last month when Vasyl Lomachenko moved up to junior lightweight and won a world title. And Valdez did it impressively in a breakout performance as he displayed power with both hands. His left hook, especially to the body, was particularly devastating.With the 126-pound belt in hand, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has big plans for Valdez, beginning with a likely first title defense on Nov. 26 in Tucson, Arizona, where he grew up after his family came to the United States.Jose Benavidez Jr. W10 Francisco Chia SantanaWelterweight Scores: 100-90, 98-92, 96-94 Records: Benavidez (25-0, 16 KOs); Santana (24-5-1, 12 KOs)Rafaels remarks: The shutout score from judge Adalaide Byrd was absolutely outrageous and the 98-92 card from Glenn Feldman wasnt the best either. Although Benavidez, 24, of Phoenix, won the fight this was very close all the way as Santana, 30, of Santa Barbara, California, was super aggressive and came at Benavidez nonstop, forcing him to the ropes for long stretches. But Benavidez, a former interim junior welterweight titlist forced up in weight because of ongoing problems making 140 pounds, fought well off the ropes as he countered Santana effectively. Santana, who is usually in good fights, did not hurt his standing with the loss because of the tremendous effort and entertainment value he put out.Oleksandr Gvozdyk KO6 Tommy KarpencyLight heavyweight Records: Gvozdyk (11-0, 11 KOs); Karpency (26-6-1, 15 KOs).Rafaels remarks: Every prospect needs to overcome a moment of adversity at some point to make him a better fighter. Gvozdyk, a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist from Ukraine with the look of a future world champion, got his in the first round when Karpency, a former two-time world title challenger (who also owns an upset decision win against former light heavyweight world champion Chad Dawson), shockingly dropped him with a right hand he never saw.Gvozdyk, 29, trained by star trainer Robert Garcia, was hurt but got himself together and then took over the fight as he busted up Karpency, a 30-year-old southpaw from Adah, Pennsylvania, and battered him to the end. By the time the fight was over Karpency was bleeding from gash on the bridge of his nose, had a messed up left eye and was being overwhelmed by Gvozdyks superb power. In the sixth round, Gvozdyk ended the fight when he landed a right hand to the body and Karpency went down to a knee, where he took the count from referee Kenny Bayless at 2 minutes, 21 seconds.Saturday at San AntonioFabian Maidana TKO6 Jorge MaysonetWelterweight Records: Maidana (10-0, 7 KOs); Maysonet (13-2, 11 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Maidana, 24, of Argentina, is the younger brother of former junior welterweight and welterweight titleholder Marcos Maidana, who was ringside to watch him take apart Maysonet, 26, of Puerto Rico, in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card on NBC Sports Net. Maysonet bloodied Maidanas nose in the first round but Maidana shook it off and pressured him throughout the fight. He landed nearly triple the amount of punches (60-22, according to CompuBox) and steadily broke him down until Maysonets corner threw in the towel following the sixth round.Maidana was fighting in the same city where his older brother scored his biggest win in 2013, when he battered Adrien Broner to win a unanimous decision and a welterweight world title.Alan Castano W8 Aaron GarciaMiddleweight Scores: 78-74 (three times) Records: Castano (11-0, 7 KOs); Garcia (15-6-1, 10 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Powered by his right hand, Castano got off to a quick start and raised swelling over Garcias left eye almost immediately and then nailed him with repeated combinations in the second round. In the third round, an accidental head butt resulted in a bloody gash over Garcias right eye. There was good action in the bout, including in the fourth round. It was a competitive bout but Castano, fighting past the sixth round for the first time, got the better of the exchanges and landed the crisper punches.Also on the card, southpaw junior featherweight Brandon Figueroa (9-0, 7 KOs), 19, of Weslaco, Texas and the younger brother of former lightweight world titleholder Omar Figueroa, dropped Adalberto Zorrilla (7-2, 7 KOs), 24, of Puerto Rico, twice in the third round en route to a stoppage with 16 seconds left in the round.Friday at Mashantucket, Conn.Adam Lopez D10 Roman Ruben ReynosoJunior featherweight Scores: 96-94 Lopez, 97-93 Reynoso, 95-95 Records: Lopez (15-0-1, 7 KOs); Reynoso (18-1-2, 7 KOs)Rafaels remarks: In the main event of a 15th anniversary card of Showtimes popular prospect series, ShhoBox: The New Generation, Lopez, 25, of San Antonio and Reynoso, 25, of Argentina battled to a draw in an entertaining action fight that defined what the series is about: competitive fights between prospects.ddddddddddddAlthough Lopez was the favorite, Reynoso gave him a pitched battle. Lopez, however, had a big 10th round when he hurt Reynoso with a flurry of shots in the final seconds of the fight, forcing him spit out his mouthpiece, a move that bought him almost 30 seconds of rest and allowed him to recover enough to stay upright for the rest of the fight in what could have been a decisive round had he not spit the bit. All three judges gave Lopez the 10th round 10-9. Had Lopez knocked him down he would have taken the round 10-8 and won the fight.There was a lot on the line besides just being on national TV in a main event. Jonathan Guzman (22-0, 22 KOs), who won a junior featherweight world title a few days earlier, was at ringside having said he was hoping to make his first defense against the winner. Those plans have changed since it was a draw.Jerry Odom KO3 Julius JacksonSuper middleweight Records: Odom (14-2-1, 13 KOs); Jackson (19-2, 15 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Odom, 23, of Washington, D.C., took the fight on 10 days notice when Ronald Ellis dropped out with a hand injury and scored a tremendous one-punch knockout of Jackson, 28, of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Odom obliterated Jackson, one of the fighting sons of former junior middleweight and middleweight titleholder Julian Jackson, with a huge right hand at 1 minute, 57 seconds of the third round. Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. immediately called off the fight.Jackson, like his father and brother John Jackson, has a poor chin and paid the price again, getting starched for the second consecutive fight inside three rounds.There were also two other fights on the telecast. Lightweight Rolando Chinea (13-1-1, 6 KOs), 25, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, won a split decision against OShaquie Foster (10-2, 7 KOs), 22, of Orange, Texas, in a tough fight to score -- 79-73 and 78-74 for Chinea and 77-75 for Foster.Also, junior middleweight Ian Green (10-1, 8 KOs), 22, of Paterson, New Jersey (and with former junior welterweight titleholder Kendall Holt, also of Paterson, working in his corner), knocked out Khiary Gray-Pitts (13-1, 10 KOs), 23, of Worcester, Massachusetts, at 2 minutes, 50 seconds of the second round. After being staggered in the first round, Green, a late substitute, dropped Gray-Pitts twice in the second round.Thursday at Mashantucket, Conn.Sergiy Derevyanchenko KO2 Sam SolimanMiddleweight - Title eliminator Records: Derevyanchenko (9-0, 7 KOs); Soliman (44-14, 18 KOs)Rafaels remarks: The Premier Boxing Champions main event on ESPN was poor on paper and in the ring. Although Derevyanchenko, 30, of Ukraine and living in Brooklyn, New York, is one of the top up-and-comers in boxing, he is not your average 9-0 fighter. He was a 2008 Olympian, went 390-20 as an amateur and was also 23-1 in World Series of Boxing competition. Former world titleholder Soliman, 42, of Australia, has always made terrible television fights and now is significantly past his prime as well. He came into the fight having boxed 516 rounds, most of any notable active fighter, was coming off a 13-month layoff, multiple knee injuries and now has lost three fights in a row.No way should he have been in a televised main event, not to mention a title eliminator, which this fight was. It was an eliminator for No. 2 in a sanctioning body with the winner to move a step closer to a mandatory fight with unified titleholder Gennady Golovkin.Derevyanchenko, known as The Technician, crushed Soliman with ease. In the opening round, he bounced him off ropes with a sweeping right hand and then tagged him with a right hand on the chin to drop him to a knee. In the second round he put him away. First he knocked him down with a left hand to the head and then he was all over him when the fight resumed, eventually blasting him with a left hand to the chin to drop him in a heap. Soliman attempted to rise but fell over and referee Johnny Callas waved off the brutal mismatch at 2 minutes, 41 seconds.Ievgen Khytrov TKO9 Paul MendezMiddleweight Records: Khytrov (14-0, 12 KOs); Mendez (19-3-2, 9 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Blue-chip prospect Khytrov, 27, a native of Ukraine fighting out of Brooklyn, New York, and a 2011 world amateur champion, looked very good in an exiting performance in which he dismantled Mendez, 27, of Delano, California, with an avalanche of power shots. Mendez took an enormous amount of punishment but showed a big heart to stay on his feet until the end. They battled toe to toe for stretches but Khytrov got the better of virtually every exchange.Khytrov pounded him throughout the fight and seemed to land almost at will in the later rounds. When Khytrov cornered Mendez, who had not lost since 2011, and belted him with a series of unanswered blows in the ninth round, referee Joe Lupino called a halt to the fight upon the recommendation of the ringside doctor at 1 minute, 20 seconds.How brutal of a beating did Khytrov dish out? According to CompuBox punch statistics, he landed 53.6 punches per round, more than three times the middleweight average. He landed 40.4 power shots per round, also more than three times the division average. His 71 punches landed in the second round are second all time for middleweights. His 482 total punches landed (in only nine rounds!) is also No. 2 all time for middleweights. The record is held by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who landed a middleweight record 506 punches in a 12-round win against John Duddy.Thursday at Christchurch, New ZealandJoseph Parker KO4 Solomon HaumonoHeavyweight Records: Parker (20-0, 17 KOs); Haumono (24-3-2, 21 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Parker, 24, of New Zealand, is already the mandatory challenger for world titleholder Anthony Joshua, but he stayed busy by scoring yet another knockout, this one against Haumono, 40, a New Zealand native fighting out of Australia.Parker, fighting in the hometown of his trainer, Kevin Barry, had no issues with Haumono, whose four-fight winning streak came to a crashing halt. Parker controlled the first three rounds and was doing so again in the fourth round when he landed a clean right uppercut that sent Haumono sprawling to the canvas. He beat the count but referee Bruce McTavish elected to call off the fight at 1 minute, 35 seconds.With Joshua (17-0, 17 KOs), 26, of England, free to make an optional defense until Nov. 8 and the mandatory fight not due until Jan. 9, Parker will fight again in September in New Zealand, likely against Alexander Dimitrenko (38-2, 24 KOs), 34, of Russia. ' ' '