Rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia (18-0, 14 KOs) of Victorville, Calif. viciously stopped Jose Lopez (20-4-1, 14 KOs) of Carolina, Puerto Rico at the end of two rounds of a scheduled 10-round battle that headlined a stacked night of Golden Boy action.

Garcia put Lopez down in the second round, and the Puerto Rican boxer's camp stopped the fight when he returned to the corner.

The event took place on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at the sold-out Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. and was streamed live on DAZN .

His Golden Boy Promotions stablemate, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, sat ringside and he was impressed by what he saw.

 "He's learning a lot and I'm very impressed because he's the kind of fighter who, he does what he does in the gym, in the ring, and he did that tonight," said Canelo. "I think he's the best prospect today."

Golden Boy CEO Oscar De La Hoya feels confident that Garcia is going to reach a major world title fight in the very near future.

"He's on his way," said De La Hoya. "Look, he proved it again tonight. There's a lot of fans that want to see him win that world title. And believe me, it's going to happen sooner than later."

Also on the card,  Angel Acosta (20-1, 19 KOs) of San Juan, Puerto Rico successfully defended his WBO Light Flyweight World Title against Ganigan Lopez (35-9-1, 19 KOs) of Carolina, Puerto Rico via knockout in the eighth round of a fight originally scheduled for twelve rounds. The fight was stopped at 1:55 of the aforementioned round.
 
Rocky Hernandez (28-0-3, 24 KOs) of Mexico City, Mexico stopped Ibrahim Class (22-6, 10 KOs) of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania via knockout at 1:58 of the second round of a super featherweight originally slated for ten rounds.

Aaron McKenna (7-0, 4 KOs) of Monaghan, Ireland defeated Loretto Olivas, (3-1, 1 KO) Santa Fe, New Mexico via six-round unanimous decision in a welterweight fight. McKenna won with three scores 60-53.