Jerwin Ancajas showed why he can succeed Manny Pacquiao as the Philippines' next boxing hero after overwhelming Jamie Conlan in six rounds on Saturday.
Ancajas made a third defence of the IBF world junior bantamweight title by forcing four knockdowns -- one was deemed illegal from a low blow -- against the local hero Conlan at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Conlan (19-1, 11 KOs), 31, battled on bravely after being knocked down in the first, third, fourth and sixth rounds, with referee Steve Gary stopping his first world title fight that had become a lost cause for the Northern Irishman.
Ancajas (28-1-1, 19 KOs), 25, from the Philippines, won the belt in September 2016 and this emphatic win showed his quality in a division deep with talent that also features Japan's Naoya Inoue, Thailand's Srisaket Sor Runvisai, Nicaragua's Roman Gonzalez and England's Kal Yafai.
Eight-weight world champion Pacquiao, 38, is in the twilight of his career but in Ancajas the Philippines may well have another boxer capable of winning world titles in multiple weight divisions.
Ancajas, who has been promoted by Pacquiao, out-classed Conlan from the first round. The first knockdown was bizarre, with a delayed reaction from Conlan. It was unclear whether a body or head shot had caused the Belfast-boxer to touch down.
Ancajas' southpaw right lead caused problems for Conlan, but more of a potent weapon were his punishing body shots which the challenger could not deal with.
Conlan was cut above the left eye in the second round which Ancajas then targeted with his right hand.
Conlan was caught by a left hook in the third round but it was a left to the solar plexus which bothered him more. Another left, perfectly delivered to Conlan's midsection, sent the challenger down for a count of eight.
Conlan got up but he could not handle the body attacks.
Conlan just about beat the count in the fourth round after being caught on the ropes with another left to the solar plexus. Yet another body attack in the fifth round put Conlan down again but it was ruled to be from a low blow and the challenger escaped a count.
Ancajas apologised and then resumed his onslaught with mercy.
Conlan was finished before the first minute of the sixth round after being sent to the canvas by a cuffing right to the head.
On the undercard, there was a significant -- but brutally brief -- moment when Zolani Tete set the record for the quickest ever knockout.
The WBO world bantamweight champion knocked out fellow South African Siboniso Gonya with his first punch, a right hook, in an 11-second win, beating the previous record by five six seconds in a defence of his WBO world bantamweight title.
"I knew Gonya wasn't going to last," said Tete.
It beat the previous record set by Puerto Rico's Daniel Jimenez against Harald Geier for the WBO super-bantamweight title in 1994. Tete (26-3, 21 KOs), 29, afterwards called on Northern Ireland's Ryan Burnett, the WBA and IBF titleholder, to fight him in 2018.
Flyweight Paddy Barnes claimed his first stoppage win in his fifth professional fight when he stopped Eliecer Quezada in the sixth of ten scheduled rounds.
Nicaragua's Quezada (21-7-3, 8 KOs) was finished by a left to the body after previously going down in the second round.