By Rick Reeno

It took Marco Antonio Barrera (60-4-42K) only two rounds to dispatch of mismatched opponent Mzonke Fana (22-3-8K). The first serious right hand that landed flush from Barrera was the end of Fana. Fana went down like a sack of jelly and the ref Lawrence Cole had seen enough as he felt Fana was too hurt to continue. Barrera took control of the bout from the start and his right had rarely missed it's mark as he caught Fana with ease. Fana actually had the nerve to complain about the stoppage and said the ref never gave him a ten count.

This bout was a serious mismatch from the start, I told someone I knew that this fight would be a bigger mismatch then the Barrera-Kelley bout and I was right. This fight was not even worthy of a spot on Boxing after Dark. Just when I thought the promoters were starting to smarten up because of the Klitschko-Williams pay per view disaster, this fight lands a pay per view spot. The only good news coming out of this bout is that Barrera looked very strong at 130 pounds, he also showed good speed and very sharp punching. Barrera said that he would fight Erik Morales for a fourth time if that is what the fans demand. Barrera was even better then I predicted tonight, I thought the fight would last at least 3 rounds. Then again, maybe the fight was more of a mismatch then I thought.

On the undercard former title holder Fernando Montiel (29-1-1-23K) upset undefeated Ivan "Choko" Hernandez (19-1-13K) by way of a 7th round TKO in order to recapture the WBO 115 pound title. Here we had a fight that on paper had the makings of an awesome match, instead we had a one-sided contest.

Montiel was in control of just about the entire bout from start to finish. Montiel had a great gameplan and stuck to it. He made sure to work the body, make Herandez miss and then make him pay. Hernandez hit the deck in round six, but was able to last to the bell. The seventh round saw more of the same as the combination of body and head punishment made Hernandez crumble. The ref had seen enough after Hernandez was decked two more times in the seventh and Montiel racked up a huge victory.

In other action:

Former Olympian Vicente Escobedo (2-0-2K) defeated Jose Rodriguez (3-2-1) by way of a first round TKO.

Aaron Garcia (3-0-0) defeated Bryan Garcia (7-12-0) by way of a 6 round unanimous decision. The scores were 60-54, 60-54 and 59-55.