Unbeaten Ifugao pride Carl Jammes Martin made short work of his Mexican opponent for a successful international debut.
The Wonder Boy proved too much for Mexican Antony Salas who fell in under two rounds in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico last September 6.
The referee had to step in and stop the contest when Salas got cornered and struck with heavy blows to the head and body.
Martin had scored two knockdowns earlier in the round after closing out the first round strong.
Salas had no chance as he dropped to the deck after taking a solid left to the body.
Tasting blood, Martin stepped up the attack and floored his foe with another left but Salas gallantly stood up.
But it proved to be futile as the Filipino southpaw went in for the kill that prompted the third man on the ring to call a mercy halt to the one-sided contest.
The world No. 3 in the World Boxing Organization list raised his win-loss record to 24-0 with 19 knockouts. Salas, on the other hand, dropped to 18-10-1, with five knockouts.
Promoted by Manny Pacquiao’s MP Promotions, Martin is being groomed for bigger things next year by do-it-all American dealmaker Sean Gibbons.
He now resides in Las Vegas, under the wing of Gibbons, where he said that he has to make the sacrifice of going to the United States to have the chance of fighting on the biggest stages.
