By Jake Donovan

Despite tonight’s show taking place in Philadelphia, brotherly love was hardly the evening’s theme. The Telefutura telecast turned out to be a night of knockouts, with three of the four televised bouts ending in three rounds or less, with the main event or co-feature only lasting a combined five minutes.

A battle of unbeaten super flyweights turned into a slaughter as Raul Martinez needed just 68 seconds to snatch the “0” of poised Mexican banger Victor Proa. The co-feature was only slightly more competitive, with Alexis Camacho scoring a one-punch second round technical knockout over Edvan Dos Santos Barros.

With this bout serving as the last ever time he’ll play the Solo Boxeo circuit, Martinez couldn’t have picked a better time to resume his knockout ways. Six of his past seven bouts have lasted the distance, but there never a threat of this one going to the scorecards.

Proa worked the jab early, picking his spots while respecting and hoping to avoid Martinez’ power. Mission failed, and in a big way: an overhand right found its way to Proa’s chin, which functionally served as the beginning of the end.

Wasting no time in seizing the moment, Martinez went on the attack the moment Proa’s back touched the ropes. Another right hand came crashing down on the Mexican’s jaw, leaving him wide open for a flurry of shots. Referee Gary Rosato came dangerously close to stopping the fight at that moment, but gave Proa every opportunity to fight his way out of trouble.

It only led to further punishment, but a more satisfactory ending. Martinez connected with several left hooks and right hands upstairs, with a final right hand, left hook combination leaving Proa suspended in mid-air before finally being rescued by the referee

The official time was 1:08

In the co-feature, welterweight prospect Alexis Camacho resumed his winning ways with a second round knockout of Edvan Dos Santos Barros.

Camacho fought a cautious first round, measuring up the reckless Dos Santos Barros before taking him out with a single shot early in the second. Dos Santos had previously landed a left hook and sought to attack when getting clipped with a subtle counter left uppercut.

Referee Blair Talmadge issued a mandatory eight count, but opted to stop the fight after not fancying Dos Santos’ reaction, just 0:52 into the second round.

Dos Santos pitched a bitch afterwards, citing his warrior mentality and past track record (including a ten-round loss to Luis Collazo earlier this year) as proof that he could’ve continued, but the protest fell on deaf ears. He is now 9-6-1 (6KO), having lost three straight and four of his last five.

Camacho improves to 17-1 (16KO) with the win, his first since suffering the lone loss of his career against Terrance Cauthen earlier this summer.

The early exits in the co-feature and main event allowed for a larger televised supporting cast.

One of the beneficiaries was  promising undefeated local prospect Teon Kennedy, who cruised to a unanimous decision over Colombian journeyman Felipe Almanza. Their six round super bantamweight swing bout was the lone televised fight of the evening to go to the scorecards.

Scores were 59-55 (2x) and 60-54 for Kennedy, who cruises 11-0 (5KO). Seven of his wins have come at the New Alhambra. Almanza drops his sixth straight and falls to 12-15-2 (6KO).

Far more emphatic was the ending to the junior lightweight swing bout between another unbeaten local, Anthony “Flawless” Flores (6-0, 3KO) and Francisco Palacios (4-7-4, 1KO). Flores ended matters with a single right hand, forcing a stoppage at 1:07 of the third round.

With no other bouts on the card worthy of airtime, the show’s producers opted to instead fill the remaining airtime with a replay of the final two rounds of last week’s incredible Fight of the Year candidate between Rogers Mtwaga and Tomas Villa.

For those who need a reminder, Mtwaga was dropped in the ninth and trailing on the scorecards when he rallied back to score three knockdowns in the tenth and final round in forcing the stoppage and resurrecting his career. 

Tonight’s show was presented by Top Rank, Peltz Boxing and Joe Hand Boxing.

(Editor’s note: The aforementioned recap was of the Telefutura-televised portion of the show. Boxingscene.com correspondent Larry Tornambe’s full ringside report to follow.)

Jake Donovan is a voting member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. Comments/questions can be submitted to JakeNDaBox@gmail.com .