The Omari Jones Show didn’t last particularly long Saturday night at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, but viewers were likely satisfied they had gotten their money’s worth.

Jones, a 22-year-old hometown fighter, ran his record to a perfect 4-0 – all knockouts – with a savage third-round stoppage of the previously durable Yusuph Metu in their scheduled six-round junior middleweight bout. The fight served as the co-main to the Lenier Pero-Jordan Thompson main event on DAZN.

“I felt great about that performance,” Jones said in the ring after the fight. “I came out with my rhythm, to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller.’ So that was the theme for this one.”

Jones could just as easily have walked out to “Beat It,” because he didn’t let Tanzania’s 32-year-old Metu, 12-3 (9 KOs), hang around for long. In the opening moments, Jones was jabbing, timing Metu and landing seemingly anything he wanted. When Metu lunged with a lead right hand, Jones popped him with a counter left hook followed by a short, crunching right hand that sent Metu staggering forward onto a knee. Metu clambered to his feet and survived the round’s final seconds, but he was already reeling.

“Early on, I just saw he was ready to come with aggression, and he came with that,” Jones said. “And in the first round, I landed a hook, and it was something that we worked on. He was leaning in with the overhand, and we check it with the hook. So everything we worked in practice, it came to fruition.”

In the second, Jones countered another long right hand from Metu with an uppercut, then spun his opponent into the corner for a follow-up. Metu escaped but was wobbled. Jones stayed patient, awaiting his openings and relying on his speed and straight, razor-sharp punches.

Jones repeatedly stung Metu with his jab to start the third, making him pay with destructive counters for attempting any semblance of an attack. Midway through the round, done toying with his meal, Jones brought the finish, coming behind a glancing jab with a punishing overhand right that landed on Metu’s swelling left eye. The damage wasn’t initially clear, but Metu took a walk, shook his head and dropped to a knee. Referee Massimo Montanini started the count but then waved off the fight at 1 minute and 31 seconds.

“He came into the pro ranks renowned as a great technician,” said Eddie Hearn, whose Matchroom Boxing promotes Jones. “What we're seeing is tremendous power. That guy [Metu], his two defeats came against experienced prospects who are 17- 16-0, and he went the full 10 rounds with them, and [Jones] dismantled him with ease. I mean, he's a world-class talent. I believe he's a future world champion as well.”

Earlier on the undercard, cruiserweight Pat Brown was impressive in stopping veteran Felix Valera inside two rounds, flashing heavy power and dark instincts in just his fifth pro fight.

Brown, a 25-year-old from Manchester, UK, seemed to earn the respect of Valera, a 37-year-old from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on first contact. Brown had Valera – a sturdy fighter who once went the distance with Dimitry Bivol and Sullivan Barrera – backing up early in the first round.

In the second, Brown bounced Valera off the ropes with a sharp 1-2 and then, with a looping left hand upstairs, sent him backpedaling and onto his trunks. Valera rose only to get bowled over by another left hook to the chin. He got to his feet one final time, but seconds later, Brown swarmed him with another hook followed by a thudding right hand back to the chin, dropping Valera face-first to the canvas.

The time of stoppage was 1 minute and 34 seconds in Round 2.

Brown improved to 5-0 (5 KOs), while Valera fell to 24-9 (21 KOs).

In an entertaining, back-and-forth fight, junior middleweights Yoelvis Gomez and Antraveous Ingram fought to a split draw over 10 rounds.

The crowd was behind Ingram, 12-0-1 (6 KOs), a 27-year-old from Kissimmee, Florida, from the start – but that, along with his will, were all he initially had on his side. Gomez, 9-1-1 (7 KOs) a 31-year-old southpaw from Havana now living in Las Vegas, showed his far more extensive amateur background in the early rounds, slipping shots and sniping away with his own.

But in the third, Ingram staggered Gomez, who slowed enough that it might have allowed the local fighter to sneak away with the fourth. Gomez came back to land a big overhand left in the fifth and a massive right hook at the end of a slow sixth.

Ingram, a late bloomer in boxing who grew up playing football, showed incredible stamina – and a sturdy chin – to withstand a far more experienced and skilled opponent. He began to turn the tables, letting his hands go as Gomez stood in front, his head moving less and his mouth wide open and taking in huge gulps of air.

By the eighth, another shift saw Gomez stun Ingram, suddenly wobbly and with blood trickling from his nose, with big hooks. He tripled up on the punch in the ninth and seemed to capture the 10th as Ingram failed to match Gomez’s aggression.

The officials saw it 96-94 for Gomez, 96-94 for Ingram and 95-95.

In the opening fight of the DAZN broadcast, Nishant Dev blanked Juan Carlos Campos Medina for a wide unanimous decision win in a junior middleweight six-rounder.

Dev, 4-0 (2 KOs), is a 24-year-old from Kamal, India, now fighting out of Woodland, California. A 6ft 1in southpaw, he has a number of natural gifts that make him an interesting prospect as he transitions from the amateurs to the pros.

Dev began somewhat tentatively but opened up as the fight progressed, landing a number of stinging counter lefts and body shots to bloody and tame the aggressiveness of Mexico’s rugged Medina, 4-3 (3 KOs).

Scores were 60-50 for Dev across the board.

Jason Langendorf is the former Boxing Editor of ESPN.com, was a contributor to Ringside Seat and the Queensberry Rules, and has written about boxing for Vice, The Guardian, Chicago Sun-Times and other publications. A member of the Boxing Writers Association of America, he can be found at LinkedIn and followed on X and Bluesky.