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Undefeated junior lightweight prospect Adrien “The Problem” Broner, cruised to a first round knockout over Rafael “Happy” Lora in their Telefutura-televised main event Friday night at the Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, New York.

The Cincinnati native, Broner (132 lb.) wasted no time in taking the fight to a discouraged Lora (129 ½ lb.) whose game plan was clearly to attempt to survive the early onslaught and make his move later in the fight after Broner punched himself out. The moment never happened, as Broner moved forward without any fear of Lora's return fire.

Broner landed a double left-hook the place Lora into position for a follow up straight right hand that had the Dominican on wobbly legs. Defenseless and trapped in a corner, Lora could fare no better than to serve as a punching bag as Broner finished him off with a right hand and left hook to send him crashing to the canvas just before the bell to end the opening round.

No count was necessary, as the referee didn’t believe Lora was coming back from the damage already sustained in just three minutes of action. The official time of the stoppage was 3:00 of round one.

Broner cruises to 15-0 (12KO) with the win, just his second of 2010.