The toughest challenge Justin Cardona faced this weekend was at the scale.

The unbeaten lightweight from Salinas, California had his way with Jomar Robles, thoroughly outboxing the inactive Boricua en route to a six-round shutout win Sunday evening at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Judges Brian Cosgrove (60-54), Robert Hecko (60-54) and Kyle Shiely (60-54) awarded every round to Cardona (6-0, 3KOs), who needed two tries to get down to the 137-pound limit during Saturday’s weigh-in.

Once in the ring, Cardona had his way with Robles, who has not fought since 2017. It showed in the ring, as Cardona—who is trained by Ruben Guerrero—was the busier and more accurate of the two. Robles (2-2, 1KO) was badly rocked in round two but refused to fold, though unable to turn the tide as he suffered his second straight defeat.

Michael Angeletti continues to make noise in his first year as a pro. The developing junior featherweight delivered his most impressive performance to date, scoring a third-round stoppage of Alexis Salido (2-1, 1KO). Angeletti earned two clean knockdowns, the latter prompting referee Mark Nelson to stop the contest at 2:24 of round three.

Both boxers entered as undefeated prospects, though proof that not all perfect records are equal. Angeletti was among the best U.S. amateurs prior to turning pro last December, while Salido has faced limited opposition at home in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico and has been out of the ring since 2018.

Angeletti needed a round or so to cut off the ring and track down Salido, taking full control from that point. The well-schooled 25-year-old from New Orleans—now based out of the greater Houston area—worked Salido’s body, scoring a delayed knockdown in round two following a right hand and left hook downstairs. Salido barely beat the count, in fact rising just prior to Nelson approaching “ten” as he was permitted to continue.

The fight was stopped following the second knockdown one round later. Angeletti drilled Salido with a double right uppercut—one upstairs and one to the body. Another right hand to the body was enough to force Salido to the canvas, this time with the fight being called without a count.

First-year pro Travon Marshall made quick work of overmatched Maycon Oller Da Silva (0-3, 0KOs), scoring a second-round knockout in their undercard bout. Marshall (3-0, 2KOs)—a 20-year-old from Capitol Heights, Maryland—scored the bout’s lone knockdown, an uppercut that sent the 41-year-old Brazilian to the canvas midway through round two. Referee Kevin McCarl stood over Da Sliva—who dropped a four-round shutout to pro debuting Benjamin Stanoff just three weeks ago—in waving of the bout at 1:03 of round two.

All three bouts aired as part of a four-fight preliminary card on FS1 preceding a televised tripleheader on Fox’s flagship network. Headlining the Fox portion, Jesus Ramos (16-0, 14KOs) faces Brian Mendoza (19-1, 13KOs) in a scheduled ten-round junior middleweight contest.

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox