Abdullah Mason, a lightweight prospect from Cleveland, Ohio, won in six rounds against Desmond Lyons. With hand speed and excellent footwork, Mason (8-0, 7 KOs) dominated the match, throwing jabs and following up with left hooks. Referee Robert Hoyle stopped the fight on the sixth round, seeing that Lyons (8-3, 2 KOs) was outworked and hit with a series of punches.
Floyd “Cashflow” Diaz, a junior featherweight prospect from Las Vegas, achieved a unanimous decision victory over Luis Saavedra of San Luis Potosi in Mexico. Although Saavedra (9-9, 3 KOs) got off to a good start, Diaz (9-0, 3 KOs) fought back with counter punches and worked on the inside. In the fifth round, Saavedra developed a nasty cut on his right eye but continued to press forward. Despite his bloody state, Saavedra finished strong, but the judges all gave the win to Diaz (80-72, 80-72, and 79-73).
Emiliano Fernando Vargas, a lightweight with a 5-0 record and son of former world champion Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas, scored a second-round knockout over Rafael Jasso (3-1, 1 KO) with a powerful left hook to the body.
In the opening Top Rank promotion at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, middleweight Amari Jones of Oakland (9-0, 8 KOs) scored a sixth-round stoppage over Chino Hill (8-3-1, 6 KO’s) of Davenport, Iowa. Jones dominated the match from the beginning, forcing Hill to the ropes and beating him with strong punches. Referee Mike Ortega stopped the fight at 1:16 of the sixth round.