For the second consecutive day, an Austin fighter scores a first-round knockout in the main event of a major card. This time it was Sean Brewer on the Thompson Boxing card in Ontario, California. This time it was Brewer scoring the first-round knockout via a body shot at 2:48 of the opening round when referee Jerry Cantu stopped the bout after observing Christian Renteria, who was unable to stand up straight upon making it to his feet for the second time. Brewer opened up the featherweight bout using his reach and firing off his jab, setting up Renteria with the jab and backing his man up. With just under a minute into the ring, Brewer scored with a vicious right hand to the body, square to the sternum putting Renteria down but not out. Renteria somehow found the courage to make it back to his feet. Brewer stayed calm and patiently waited for his next opening. He scored two more body shots including another right to the body of Renteria that put him down for the second and final time. It was a great opportunity for Brewer, who was supposed to fight in the opening of the televised portion, but after bouts got canceled and moved around, the 23-year-old found himself in the main event. When asked about his perfectly times power shots the victorious Austinite said, "Power and speed are goodx, but Timing is everything. "
Nearly 3,000 miles away from Ontario, California, where Brewers scored with a vicious body shot stoppage, it was Houston-based "Marvelous" Marquis Taylor, who was putting on a boxing clinic in Atlantic City at the Bally's Hotel and Casino. Taylor moved his record to 13-1-2 (1), with the wide 8-round unanimous decision victory over Marlon Harington. Taylor is propelling himself into contender status and is moving closer and closer to the world picture. He was featured in the co-main event of Showtime's SHOBOX series on Friday night and did not disappoint. He broke open a rather slow opening round with a thudding right hand that backed up Harrington with about 40 seconds to go in the first round. By the second round, the Texan was well in control and began backing up his opponent. Firing off the jab and landing accurate right hands, Harington already looked out of his league. A slick Taylor was able to avoid the vast majority of Harrington's return fire. By round six, the accumulation of the Houstonian's power shots was breaking his opponent down. The only question was could Taylor get the stoppage? A stiff two-piece combination early in the stanza rocked Harrington. Another right-hand stunned Harrington and wobbled him with about 30 seconds to go in the seventh, and with just about a minute to go in the fight, Taylor landed a right and then a left inside and backed up Harrington. The scorecards were academic as Taylor rolled to the wide points decsion, taking the fight wide on all three cards.