You like brutal knockouts? Isaac Cruz provided a gem on the Gervonta Davis-Leo Santa Cruz card Saturday in San Antonio.
The Mexican needed only 53 seconds to knock out veteran Diego Magdaleno in a scheduled 12-round lightweight fight.
Cruz (20-1-1, 15 KOs) jumped on Magdaleno (32-4, 13 KOs) from the opening bell, trapping his opponent against the ropes and throwing devastating shots to both the head and body as Magdaleno tried in vain to fight back. A short right finally hurt Magdaleno, who dropped to the canvas.
The Las Vegas fighter was able to get up only to become a punching bag once again. This time Cruz landed a hard body shot followed by two perfect right uppercuts that put Magdaleno on his back, with his head resting on the bottom rope.
The referee stopped the fight without counting.
Cruz, not far from a title shot, enhanced his credentials in less than a minute on pay-per-view. Not a bad night.