By Rick Reeno
Las Vegas, T-Mobile Arena - Lightweight prospect Ryan Garcia (9-0, 8 KOs) demolished Tyrone Luckey (8-7-3, 6 KOs) in two rounds.
Luckey was dropped in the opening minute of the first round. From there it was mostly target practice for Garcia, who wa rocking Luckey with every hard shot. Referee Russell Mora stepped in as Luckey was being battered against the ropes in the second.
Olympian Marlen Esparza (2-0) boxed her way to a four round unanimous decision over Samantha Salazar (2-4-1). All three judges scored it 40-36. The fight made history as the first bout in Nevada where women fought under three minute rounds.
Super welterweight prospect Raul Curiel (1-0) made his debut with a four round majority decision over Jesus Sanchez (1-2-2). The scores were 38-38, 40-36, 40-36.
Super bantamweight contender Ronny Rios (28-1, 13 KOs) dropped and stopped overmatched Daniel Noriega (28-10-1, 15 KOs) in four rounds.
In the first fight of the evening, lightweight prospect Joseph Aguirre (17-0, 9 KOs), who is trained by Joel Diaz, won a six round unanimous decision over Angel Aispuro (8-5-2, 5 KOs). All three judges scored it 60-54.