Junior lightweight titlist Vasyl Lomachenko did what he usually does: He made it look easy in the ring.Lomachenko put on a masterpiece against Nicholas Walters, toying with him for seven one-sided rounds before making him abruptly quit Saturday night at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.Walters is a good fighter, Lomachenko said through a translator. Hes really strong, but I think he just stood there, which made it easy for me to win.The fight was the main event of the 2,000th card promoted by Top Ranks Bob Arum, the Hall of Famer who is celebrating his 50th anniversary as a promoter this year. Arum has been Lomachenkos biggest fan since signing him out of the 2012 Olympics, in which Lomachenko won the second of his back-to-back gold medals for Ukraine.Leading up to the fight with Walters, Arum said Lomachenko is technically the best fighter that I have seen since the early Muhammad Ali.Arum promoted 27 of Alis fights, as well as those of many other all-time greats, such as Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler and Alexis Arguello.After Lomachenkos easy disposal of Walters, Arum stuck by his assessment and said he was not surprised how easily Lomachenko won.I wasnt surprised all, Arum said. I have been his biggest cheerleader from the beginning, sometimes obnoxiously. Hes great. Anybody who loves boxing has to love this kid and the way he performs. If people watch him perform, they will start to love boxing again. Hes better than these regular fighters. He has such special talent that weve never seen anything like it.Walters said electing not to continue was the right decision.It wasnt about quitting, Walters said. If you look at the last round, he caught me with some pretty good shots, and I was holding on just to survive the round. It would be stupid to come out ?after that last round.Lomachenko, 28, is considered by many to be the greatest amateur boxer in history, going 396-1 in the unpaid ranks, with the single loss avenged multiple times. A southpaw,?he was making the first defense of the title he won by a blistering, highlight-reel, fifth-round knockout of Roman Rocky Martinez in June.Lomachenko-Walters was a fight that had been anticipated for more than a year, since both were featherweight titleholders, and it was expected to be a competitive showdown between a gifted technician (Lomachenko) and a power puncher (Axe Man Walters).But it was not that. Not even close.Instead, Lomachenko played with Walters like a cat would a mouse. He negated Walters strong right hand, befuddled him and frustrated him.All the while, Lomachenko peppered Walters with a two-handed attack.Its not about being just strong or being just fast. A lot of things take place, Lomachenko said. Youve got to train, and you have to be highly functional in the ring. So all those things are a combination of what makes me good.Lomachenko stuffed jabs in Walters face and tagged him with straight left hands. Walters never got off any big shots; he was unable to cope with Lomachenkos speed and lateral movement. He simply had no answers for Lomachenko.Lomachenko grew more comfortable with Walters as the rounds went by and really began to open up on offense in the seventh round. Lomachenko pounded Walters with a pair of clean right hands midway through the round and then rocked his head back with a straight left hand.Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) continued to pick up the pace and was lashing Walters as the round wound down. Still, Walters had not been knocked down, he was not cut and did not appear to be hurt. Yet, when referee Tony Weeks went to his corner to check on him after the seventh round, Walters trainer Celso Chavez, told him, No mas.When Weeks asked Walters (26-1-1, 21 KOs), 30, of Jamaica, directly if he wanted to continue, he said, No. Weeks waved off the fight, bringing the much-anticipated bout to an abrupt and wholly unexpected conclusion.Nicholas could not get his punches in on Lomachenko. He was unable to do it, Job Walters, the fighters father and assistant trainer said.Arum said Nicholas Walters told him in the ring after the fight that a left hand to the temple area really hurt him in the seventh round.He told me he was going to get knocked out. He said he got really hurt, Arum said.According to CompuBox punch statistics, Lomachenko landed 114 of 437 punches (26 percent). Walters landed 49 of 264 (19 percent), and none of them appeared to be clean.Walters, who had not boxed in 11 months while holding out for the best deal he could get for Lomachenko -- a career-high guarantee of $550,000 to Lomachenkos first $1 million purse -- sounded as though he was blaming his self-inflicted layoff for his poor performance.Almost a year without fighting. I went up in weight, Walters said. He was more active. So if you watch the fight, you see hes been scoring more than I do. My good shots, they are not connecting. Hes connecting more clearly than I am touching him. In the last round, he started catching me more and more. Hes a good fighter.Walters was stripped of his featherweight belt in June 2015 for missing weight against Miguel Marriaga, and he moved up to face Jason Sosa last December, fighting him to a heavily disputed draw that most saw Walters winning easily. Walters could have faced Lomachenko in June but declined the offer, and Lomachenko took a title off Martinez instead.By beating Martinez, Lomachenko set a boxing record by becoming the only fighter to win world titles in two weight classes by his seventh fight. He won his first world title in his third fight, tying the record for fewest bouts needed to claim a title.Next up, he said he would like to be the fastest to unify titles, calling out fellow titleholder Francisco Vargas (23-0-2, 17 KOs), a 31-year-old former Mexican Olympian.I want Vargas, Lomachenko said.Arum said he would be happy to make the fight but said he did not believe that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya would allow Vargas anywhere near Lomachenko, who would be a massive favorite.If De La Hoya wont let Canelo [Alvarez] fight [Gennady] Golovkin, theres no way in hell hell let Vargas fight Lomachenko, Arum said.Arum said hed like to match Lomachenko in a rematch with former titleholder Orlando Salido, whom Lomachenko faced in his second pro fight for a vacant featherweight belt in 2014 and lost a split decision. Arum said he spoke to Salidos camp before the fight about doing a rematch early next year.Thats unfinished business, Arum said. And then maybe Id take him to England to fight [Terry] Flanagan for his lightweight title. Ive been talking to [Flanagan promoter] Frank [Warren] about it.Beyond that, Arum said he envisions an eventual showdown between Lomachenko and the great Manny Pacquiao at a catch weight of around 138 pounds in late 2017. Arum promotes both fighters and said it is possible.For Lomachenko, revenge against Salido, a third title against Flanagan and a possible victory over Pacquiao would go a long way toward accomplishing his ultimate goal.My goal is to be No. 1 pound for pound, Lomachenko said.After his brilliant display against Walters, he appears to be on his way. Eric Sogard Blue Jays Jersey . Peter Gammons, an analyst for Major League Baseballs network and website, drew the ire of hockey fans on Sunday when he criticized the two NHL teams on Twitter for their physical game the night before. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Blue Jays Jersey . 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- IOC executive Patrick Hickey was discharged Thursday from a hospital and went straight to a Rio de Janeiro police station to be questioned about an Olympics ticket scalping investigation.The 71-year-old Irishman was arrested in a dawn raid Wednesday in the IOC hotel, but he immediately was hospitalized with chest pains.The Olympic Council of Ireland told The Associated Press that a member of its Rio Games delegation was allowed to go to Hickeys bedside to be informed of his decision to step aside temporarily from his IOC duties.A member of the IOCs ruling executive board, Hickey was in charge of the influential umbrella group for Europes Olympic bodies.Hickey is facing charges of conspiracy, ticket scalping and ambush marketing after allegations by Brazilian authorities that he was part of a plot to make $3 million by illegally selling Rio Games tickets above face value.Hickey was filmed Thursday being taken out of the hospital in a wheelchair.The Olympic Council of Ireland can confirm that Pat Hickey has been discharged from hospital and has been accompanied to a police station to complete a deposition, the Irish organization said in a statement.There was no indication from authorities how long Hickey will be held.The IOC told AP that it has stopped Hickeys $900-a-day per diem.IOC officials condemned Rio police for allowing a TV crew to accompany them as a naked Hickey was arrested in a hotel room.IOC member Dick Pound expressed surprise at the theater involved in the police actions.ddddddddddddIt makes it look like all sports administrators are corrupt. Theyre not, Pound told the AP. Theres a big risk for them if theyve got it wrong. ... Maybe its meant to be a deterrent for other ticket scalpers.Police said Irelands Olympic body helped transfer tickets to an unauthorized vendor who would set high fees and disguise the transaction as a hospitality package.Kevin James Mallon, from a British hospitality provider suspected in the plot, was arrested in Rio last week. Authorities have also issued warrants for four more executives at the company, THG.Some Irish tickets for the Olympics opening ceremony with a face value of $1,400 were sold for $8,000, police said.After describing the police raid on Hickeys hotel room as an affront, IOC Vice President John Coates defended his colleague.I know from Pat he had no idea that the representative from this company distributing these tickets was here distributing these tickets, so I look at the charges and really dont understand the basis of the indignity that he was put through, Coates said.Surely if they wanted to ascertain if there was any connection between him and the guy that was here, that should have been a discussion, he said. I think the members are all very worried about his well-being and the prospect of him being incarcerated.---AP Sports Writer Stephen Wilson contributed to this report. ' ' '