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The stars were out for fight night at the Ford Center on Saturday night.
Household names attending included Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin and quarterback Dak Prescott.
But the name to remember from Saturday is Errol Spence Jr., the Cedar Hill product who continues his rise to boxing stardom.
Spence turned in a first-round knockout, dropping Carlos Ocampo with a couple hard body shots in the final seconds of the opening round.
Spence improved to 24-0, including 21 knockouts. The IBF welterweight champion has knocked out his last 12 opponents and is quickly becoming a must-see boxer.
The Ford Center faithful went wild when Spence knocked Ocampo to the mat and he couldn?t get up before being counted out.
Spence, 28, celebrated his hometown victory in style. Jones even entered the ring to congratulate him.
Spence focused on his boxing career full-time at the age of 15 when he quit football. He went on to become a Golden Glove state champion and made the 2012 U.S. Olympic boxing team.
Fortuna exits on stretcher
Javier Fortuna of the Dominican Republic had to exit an undercard match against Adrian Granados in a neck brace and on a stretcher.
Fortuna fell out of the ring when he was entangled with Granados during Round 4 and possibly hit the back of his head on a ringside camera box.
The unintentional injury resulted in a no contest for one of the marquee fights on the undercard.
“First and foremost, I just want to pray that he?s OK,” Granados said. “I didn?t push him. I think he fell with his own. I think he was looking for an excuse on his way out.
“We were both battling, but I knew he could feel I was getting stronger. He caught me with a shot and it just turned me up.”
Granados publicly declared an interest in a rematch, and so did those within the boxing industry.
In the other notable undercard match, Danny Roman defeated Moises Flores by unanimous decision.
