Couple of impressive showings by two great prospects.
Heavyweights
Russian "Mago" Abdusalamov (now 15-0 with 15 KO's) made short work of Washington D.C.-based Maurice Byarm (now 13-2-1 with 9 KO's). Although why Byarm chose to stay in the corner at the end of the first round and take those big bombs is beyond me. Someone should've shoved him forcefully out of the corner. At the last second of the round he took a huge shot from "Mago", and was basically dead meat when the bell sounded for the 2nd round.
Featherweights
And Javier Fortuna from the Dominican Republic (now 20-0 with 15 KO's) blew veteran Mexican Cristobal Cruz completely out of the water. It was supposed to be a tough test for Javier... but from the outset it looked like a total mismatch. Knockdown in Round 1... and then a tremendous left cross that broke Cruz's nose and ended the fight.
With "Mago" it's too early to tell... and he's still pretty raw. But Javier looks like he'll be fighting for a belt pretty soon. He'll give anyone problems.
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