SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – When trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntyre arrived in town, he had Kelvin Davis, Lester Martinez and Charles Harris Jnr set to fight in important bouts.

The camp left the Orange Pavilion 3-0, with all three fighters impressing on their way to victory.

Tall welterweight Davis was first off, stopping tough veteran Jose Marruffo, and “Lolo” Harris then came through the pressure applied by the tough Angel Rebollar.

Martinez, of course, stole the show with a damaging KO of Joeshon James.

It was a good night in the office for McIntyre.

“I like how Kelvin used his distance,” said the coach of the 15-0 (KOs) prospect.

“You know, he used his range, he used his tools that he had. He worked off his jab, he worked off the uppercut. He used his legs to step back, he made the guy miss, and he paid for it. The guy paid for it. I like that.”

In the corner, McIntrye had been asking for more output from Davis.

“Just because you could see the guy was ready to go, so just step it up,” he said. “Just step it up and trust in your condition. Trust in your condition and just push him. Just push him – and he got the stoppage.”

Junior welter Harris was next up, and local fight people suggested Rebollar was a real test; he proved to be game but outgunned by the well-supported Harris, who moved to 11-1 (7 KOs).

“I’m very happy with him, because that was his first eight-rounder, and he was a little nervous,” McIntrye said. “He was a little nervous. You could kinda tell he was nervous. But the good thing about it, he got the rounds in and he got confidence in himself.”

It was down to Martinez to complete the triple threat, and everyone left talking about the heavy-handed Guatemalan. He had previously withdrawn from fights against James, having fallen ill, so it was a contest McIntrye was keen to put behind them.

“Like, I told his team, and I told [ProBox TV’s] Garry Jonas, I said, ‘Listen, when we fight again, we have to fight that guy, because I don’t want the public to think that we was running from him,’ because [James] upset some really good guys. And we never shy away from a fight. I accepted the fight, and I knew what I was getting into, so … but it’s just, unfortunately, he got sick twice. So, hey, listen, the good thing about Lester, the good thing about that is, he stayed committed.”

Martinez, 19-0 (16 KOs), kept working and stayed in camp. He had physio on a damaged shoulder and worked hard while McIntyre hit the road for fights with his other boxers. The work paid off last night.

“The thing with Joeshon was, he was using his range, he was using his jab, which was great – but he had nothing on it,” said McIntyre.

“He was just trying to outwork Lester. And Lester started out a little bit with his jab a little bit, but he was kind of reaching. So me and Coach [Esau Dieguez], we was like, ‘Use your legs, use your legs. Stay with your jab. Jab in the chest. Move your jab around. And two and three punches. Two and three combinations.’”

Then came the show-stopping finale.

“Oh, that was lovely,” McIntrye said with a smile. “I didn’t think he was going to get up after the first one. How he got back up? … Fuck. I was like, ‘What the fuck?’ But that second knockdown, I didn’t even see the second knockdown. He went down in the same sort of way. It’s crazy. He went down hard. It doesn’t surprise me, but it was great to see it because it has been a while since he fought. And just, you know, just being in there with a tough guy like that, a good guy like that – hey, I was nervous.”

McIntrye was also supported by another camp member, Terence Crawford, who was ringside cheering on all three fighters. McIntrye is also utilizing him as part of the training team, too.

“Yeah, we’re family. We’re family. That’s what we are,” McIntrye said. “It’s great, man, because Terence gets to show the guys the blueprint, show them what it takes to be a great fighter, because he's really one of the best fighters I’ve ever seen in my life. But for him to stay in the gym, for him to work with the guys, come in and work to, you know, help us warm them up, give them little tips, you know, then be right there in the corner? And the best part about it is, that’s another third eye for me because he's sitting right there. He’s sitting five or six seats down and he may see something I don’t see.”

Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health, and is a board member for the Ringside Charitable Trust and the Ring of Brotherhood. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, is on The Ring ratings panel and is the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing” (shortlisted for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year), “Warrior: A Champion’s Search for His Identity” (shortlisted for the Sunday Times International Sportsbook of the Year) and “The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands.” You can reach him @trisdixon on X and Instagram.