By Joe Scalzo

June 7, 2008

Top Rank's Juan Manuel Lopez scored a first round knockout of Daniel Ponce De Leon in the undercard junior featherweight bout, tagging him in the middle of the round, then ending it with a flurry in the corner just before the round ended.

 It was expected to be a great bout, since both are brawlers with knockout power. It was not expected to be over this quickly.

 By the end of it, De Leon was just swinging at air as Lopez connected on some crazy punches.

 The theme of the night so far has been quick knockouts. I think it's going to continue when Pavlik fights.