By Miguel Maravilla at ringside

Undefeated featherweight prospect Nathan Rodriguez (9-0, 8 KOs) scored a first-round knockout over former world title challenger and veteran Moises Flores (25-7-1, 17 KOs) Saturday night at Smith Park in Pico Rivera, California in headlining the MarvNation Promotions card. Rodriguez wasted no time as he made quick work of Flores stopping him at 2:11 of the opening round.

In the co-feature bout, Alejandro Reyes (9-0, 5 KOs) of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico won a unanimous decision over Raymundo Rios (4-9-2, 3 KOs) of Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico. After dominating each round, Reyes won with scores of 59-55, 60-54 and 60-54.

Super lightweight Keith Carson (0-6-1) got his first win as he won a unanimous decision over Chinese prospect Honge Zeng (1-1, 1 KO). It was a slow start but things got rough as the referee deducted a point from Zheng in the third round for shoving Carson to the ground with his shoulder. Carson attacked in the final round, Zheng stick and moved but Carson kept grinding. 38-37 Zheng, 38-37 Carson, and 38-37.

Welterweight Jacob Macalolooy (3-0, 2 KOs) of Union City, California won a hard fought unanimous decision over Josue Zamora (1-1) from El Salvador. It was an entertaining fight as both fighters had wild exchanges, Zamora had a cut on his left eye early in the fight, the action continued throughout the fight as the fighters sensed the urgency heading to the fourth and final round. Mccalolooy stepped it up in the final seconds of the fight dropping Zamora in route to the unanimous decision win. The judges scored the bout 40-35, 39-36, and 39-36.

In the opening bout, heavyweight Scott Alexander (16-5-2, 9 KOs) of Los Angeles, California stopped Jaime Solorio (12-5-2, 9 KOs) of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Alexander dropped Solorio in the opening round with a combination. Solorio’s face was busted as he bled profusely from the nose and could not continue as the referee stopped the fight at the end of the third round.