Jesus Ramos drops, pounds, stops overmatched Joey Spencer in seven

Jesus Ramos overwhelmed Joey Spencer.

The 154-pound contender put Spencer down late in the first round and pounded him relentlessly thereafter, ultimately giving the latter’s corner no choice but to stop the scheduled 10-rounder.

The official time of the stoppage was 1:25 of Round 7.

The opening round was competitive until Ramos (20-0, 16 KOs) put Spencer (16-1, 10 KOs) down with a left hook with about 25 seconds remaining.

It was a rout after that, with Ramos landing almost at will round after round.  Spencer never stopped trying and had some good moments but he couldn’t get out of the way of Ramos’ hard shots.

As a result, by the time the seventh round rolled around, Spencer had taken a fearful amount of punishment. His cornermen decided he had taken enough and stopped the fight to save their brave fighter from taking undue punishment.

With the victory, Ramos, only 22, moves a step closer to his first shot at a world title. Spencer, who had been a hot prospect, will now have to rebuild.