From New Jersey to San Antonio, and then onto California, it was very much a night of statements from east to west of the United States. 

Shakur Stevenson kicked off the run of three main events in the space of 90 minutes with a punch-perfect win over Shuichiro Yoshino in Newark.

A strong favourite going into the fight, this was the former featherweight and super featherweight’s first fight at lightweight and he began his quest to become a three-weight world champion in quite emphatic fashion.

The fight started pretty much how it would eventually proceed. Yoshino forcing the pace but Stevenson showing his class and picking him off at will. After the previously undefeated Japanese talent looked to throw a straight left hand when he was seemingly off balance, Shakur showed his class and nailed him with a left which sent him flying to the canvas.

It was once again a sign of what was to come and after dropping Yoshino again in the fourth round with a long right hook, Stevenson continued his dominance until the sixth round when referee Allen Huggins decided he’d seen enough and waved the fight off.

The final punch stats for the fight were quite revealing with Stevenson landing nearly 100 more punches despite throwing nearly 100 less. There are levels in this sport and here they were clearly on show.

What next for Stevenson? Well, he’ll undoubtedly be keeping a close eye on Devin Haney’s undisputed world title defence against Vasyl Lomachenko next month. If Haney wins, it’s expected that he’ll make the move up to super-lightweight which will ultimately free up all of the world titles. If Lomachenko wins, however, that sets up an even more enticing contest between Loma and Shakur for all of the straps at 135lbs. Now what a fight that would be! 

Now time to stop off in San Antonio on our very own Route 66 tour across America as Jesse Rodriguez became a two-weight world champion at the age of just 23. 

Heading into his vacant WBO Flyweight World Title fight with Cristian Gonzalez, much of the talk was about a unification clash between Bam and Sunny Edwards but first, Rodriguez had to pass the test of Gonzalez which he ultimately did, although he had to come through some adversity to achieve that.

From the get-go, it was clear that the Mexican Gonzalez was going to try and keep this fight at range and try to pick off Rodriguez and, in the early rounds, he did just that. However, as the fight went on, Bam showed what he’s about and ground down his rival to claim a unanimous points victory.

At first viewing, you could argue that it was a fairly lacklustre performance from Rodriguez. However, in his post-fight interview, he confirmed that he suffered a broken jaw in round six and bearing that in mind, it was a quite remarkable performance from the unbeaten 23-year-old.

With the WBO 112lbs title now added to the mantlepiece alongside his WBC 115lbs title, there’s only one fight to be made for Bam now and that’s the unification clash with the IBF champ and notoriously outspoken Sunny Edwards.

Rodriguez will need time to recover from his broken jaw, so expect to see that fight made for Autumn in the UK.

There was a big shock on the undercard as the IBF and WBA super-bantamweight titles changed hands with Marlon Tapales defeating previous champ Murodjon Akhmadaliev by split-decision. A potential undisputed clash with the winner of Inoue/Fulton now awaits Tapales or he may look to rematch his Uzbeki rival to settle the score once and for all.

In Carson, California a fight that very much went under the radar in the UK saw the undefeated Sebastian Fundora take on the 21-2 Brian Mendoza for the WBC Interim Super-Welterweight title. 

In a fight that on paper was always destined to deliver, Fundora entered the ring as the 1/10 favourite with Mendoza as big as 13/2 in places, but the result certainly did not reflect the odds.

After toe-to-toe action through the first six rounds, it was the seventh that stole the show and arguably the night across all three events.

Mendoza nailed Fundora with a looping left hook which left the previously undefeated giant rocked to his boots and by this point a virtual sitting duck, the underdog seized the moment and sent Fundora flying to the canvas with a huge overhand right.

Despite his lights seemingly switching off, Fundora managed to recover and sit up but the referee was already too far gone in his count and the fight was waved off.

A quite spectacular end to an incredible night of boxing.

As the night went on, there were a few big fight announcements that will certainly catch boxing fans' eyes. Josh Taylor will defend his WBO 140lbs title against Teofimo Lopez in what looks to be a thrilling clash at MSG on June 10th and then two weeks’ later at the same venue, Edgar Berlanga will look to make a big impression on his Matchroom debut when he faces Irishman Jason Quigley. Before all that, however, on June 3rd, Claressa Shields will defend her Undisputed Middleweight Title in a rematch of her 2018 clash with the hard-hitting Hanna Gabriels in Detroit.

After a weekend that promised plenty and delivered even more, we now head into next week as Joe Joyce looks to consolidate himself as the biggest contender in the heavyweight division when he takes on Zhilei Zhang in London.