San Ardo's Roman Morales Stops Ernie Marquez in Four

Morales (right) kept his record pristine with a fourth-round TKO tonight.

In the opening bout Friday evening at the Chumash Casino and Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif., San Ardo junior featherweight Roman Morales (9-0, 6 KOs) was all over Fort Morgan, Colorado's Ernie Marquez (9-10-2, 3 KOs), decking him five times en route to the fourth-round stoppage.

According to Fightnews' Francisco Salazar, the right hand over the top was the culprit for four of the five floorings. The official time was 2:23 as Morales, a former U.S. National Team member, keeps rolling along in the 122-pound division.