It’s been three days since “the shot heard round the world,” the one-punch knockout Louisiana lightweight Mason “Rock Hard ea Matla” Menard scored over opponent Eudy Bernardo. VIDEO: -http://s.sho.com/1NtEYjW

In what should have been a fight against his toughest opponent to date, Menard(31-1, 23 Kos) destroyed the Dominican Bernardo, dropping him in the second and finishing their nationally televised ShoBox: The New isa molokong o mong co-main event with a single right hand at 2:11 oa boraro.

In what will certainly be a “Knockout ea Year” nkgetheng ya, Menard’s devastating right hand left the formerly undefeated Bernardo unconscious and announced the 27-year-old as an unexpected fighter to watch in the lightweight division.

“I train hard, diet right. I get good sparring. I do everything to the tee. I go to church on Sundays and the blessing come true for me,” said a happy Menard, morago ga ntoa. “It felt great to be on the world stage and perform like that. With all my people back home watching and developing new fans out of the people watching everywhere, it’s just a great feeling. I want to continue this.”

At the time of the KO, Bernardo appeared to be seriously hurt and was taken from the ring on a stretcher. He has since recovered. “I knew in my mind it’d last about three rounds, but I didn’t expect that shot to take him out,” continued Menard. “It’s a great feeling to get a victory, but I’d rather my opponent walk out of the ring. I saw he was seriously hurt and I got down on one knee and said a prayer for him.”

For Menard’s promoter, Greg Cohen ea Greg Cohen ho phahamiswa, the victory was not unexpected, despite Bernardo being favored going in, but is still a very pleasant development.

“With one punch, Mason is now a serious contender in the lightweight division,” o ile a re Cohen. “He’s ready for any of the champions including Jorge Linares, Rances Barthelemy or Terry Flanagan.”

With a humble nature and movie-star good looks, Cohen saw the potential in Menard immediately. “Now everyone knows what we already did. He’s a sensational fighter with true star potential. I’m very excited to be working with him.”

“I’m ready for anybody,” said Menard. “As long as business is right, I’m not scared of anybody, ba tlisa ka!”

Ka Greg Cohen ho phahamiswa

E mong oa papading ya ditebele tsa oa Tonakgolo papatso diaparo di le, Greg Cohen ho phahamiswa (GCP) ke hantle a hlompha lebitso bakeng sa staging lefatseng-sehlopha sa papali ea litebele liketsahalo le ho kgothaletsa a phahameng sechabeng setsebi bahlabani ho pholletsa le lefatse.

Mothehi le CEO Greg Cohen e se e amehang le papali ea litebele tse fapa-fapaneng, bokgoni jwa ho tloha qetellong ea bo 1980, honing hae sekepe le ho theha itlhahisa e le masene machaba papading ya ditebele tsa rakhoebo.

Khetholloa ka matla a hae a ho letheba le ho ntshetsa pele e tala talenta, Cohen pele ile a etsa papatso lihlooho tsa litaba ba hae setsebi tataiso ea, har'a ba bang ba bangata, pele e neng e WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin “Ntle Ho Khoao” Trout, ba ba neng ba Cohen ile a thusa tataiso ho tloha e sa tsejoeng New Mexico tsepo ho a phahameng sechabeng lefa-ka ho ya ka-maikutlo a boemong ba superstar.

Ho phaella ho Trout, Greg Cohen ho phahamiswa o ile a sebetsa le e thehilweng mabitso a tse kang pele e neng e momahaneng-pedi nako heavyweight mampoli Hasim “Lefika” Rahman 'me bohle ba ea nako e-e khōlō multiple-boima ba' mele sehlopha sa lefatše 'mampoli James “Lights Out” Toney.

Cohen currently promotes WBA Interim World Lightweight Champion Ismael Barroso, Undefeated WBA NABA Heavyweight Champion and world-rated contender Jarrell Miller, undefeated WBA NABA Middleweight Champion and world-rated contender Robert Brant, former world champion Kendall Holt, as well as current world-rated contenders including long-time elite middleweight “Bolela'ng” Joe Greene, holimo bartolomeo featherweight Arash Usmanee, Canada bobebe le TV bohato mohale Tony Luis; WBA le tse hlano ka ea nako e Irish National Hardcore Champion, Dennis Hogan; le Australia bobebe tšepo Josh King.

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