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LOS ANGELES » A former professional boxer convicted in the 1987 killing of his ex-manager has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Fifty-one-year-old Exum Speight was sentenced Tuesday in Los Angeles after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter.
Authorities say Speight stabbed, strangled and beat 30-year-old Douglas Stumler, who was found dead in his West LA apartment.
Stumler worked for the Los Angeles County Housing Authority and worked on the side as a boxing manager.
He represented Speight for two years before they had a falling out.
In 1996, Speight lost a bout to Wladimir Klitschko, who’s currently the world heavyweight champion. Speight retired with a 9-39 record.
Authorities say DNA linked Speight to Stumler’s killing nearly a quarter-century after the crime.
