PHILADELPHIA – It took Ra’eese Aleem only 3½ rounds Friday night to turn Adam Lopez’s face into a bloody mess.

By then, Lopez’s handlers had seen more than enough to stop their scheduled eight-round super bantamweight bout to prevent Lopez from taking excessive punishment. Aleem was declared the winner of their “ShoBox: The New Generation” co-feature at 1:31 of the fourth round at 2300 Arena.

Aleem, a Las Vegas resident raised in Muskegon, Michigan, improved to 16-0 and recorded his 10th knockout. San Antonio’s Lopez slipped to 19-4-2 (9 KOs) and lost by technical knockout for the second time in his eight-year pro career.