By Rick Reeno
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Lightweight prospect Robert Easter (14-0, 11KOs) knocked out Miguel Mendoza (21-6) in two rounds. Mendoza was down twice in the contest.
Junior middleweight prospect Terrell Gausha (15-0, 8KOs) won an eight round unanimous decision over a game Luis Grajeda (18-5-2, 14KOs). The scores were 78-73, 79-72, 79-72.
Gausha dropped Grajeda hard with a straight right hand in the third and came close to putting him away, but Grajeda was able to weather the storm to survive. Grajeda was starting to rally in the fourth with shots to the body. Gausha took back control by the fifth and had the edge for the remainder of the contest.
In a super middleweight bout, prospect Kevin Newman (3-0-1, 1KO) boxed his way to a one-sided four round unanimous decision over Bobby McIntyre (0-3). All three judges saw it 40-36.
Junior welterweight prospect Sanjarbek Rakhmanov (1-0, 1KO) made his pro debut with a rapid first round knockout. Brett Simmons (2-1-2, 1KO). Rakhmanov scored a knockdown within the first minute and a half, and Simmons stayed on a knee for the full count of ten. The official time of the stoppage was 1:21.