MORE LIVE RESULTS TO COME…………..
JJ Mariano wasted little time overwhelming Matthew Reed on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Mariano knocked down Reed with a left hook a little less than a minute into their scheduled four-round junior middleweight match. Reed got up and tried his best to continue.
Mariano swarmed him, however, unloaded a barrage of power shots and forced referee Robert Hoyle to stop their fight just 1:27 into it. Reed was still standing when their bout was halted.
Mariano, of Reno, Nevada, improved to 3-0 and recorded his second knockout in the first fight on the Ivan Baranchyk-Jose Zepeda undercard at MGM Grand Conference Center. Reed, of Bakersfield, California, slipped to 1-1.
Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.