Arnold Barboza Jr. made it look easy in the present for a far tougher assignment looming ahead in the fall.

The aspiring junior welterweight prospect from South El Monte, California delivered a complete performance in shutting down Canada’s Tony Luis over 10 rounds Saturday evening at MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas.

Scores were 99-90 across the board for Barboza, who was deducted a point for a low blow in round six of their ESPN+ chief support.

Barboza took the lead in the opening round, putting to good use his two-inch height and five-inch reach advantage. Luis fought largely in reactionary mode, flicking a jab while doing his best to avoid straight right hands from Barboza who managed to find the target enough times to control the round.

Round two saw Barboza score early with lead right hands, catching Luis off guard with a right uppercut underneath the extended jab of the Ontario native. Barboza picked up the attack in the back half of the round, scoring with straight right hands without little fear of the incoming.

With the pattern continuing in round three, Luis managed to let his hands go a little more in round four. Barboza continued to control the pace of the fight, though left himself open long enough to take a right hand upstairs in the final minute of the round. It was a short-lived sequence for Luis, as Barboza quickly resumed control as he targeted Luis’s midsection.

A rare misstep for Barboza came in round six, when a left uppercut never properly launched, catching Luis on the right thigh. Referee Michael Ortega instructed the three ringside judges to deduct a point from his scorecard, though his sizeable lead to that point essentially rendered it moot.

In between rounds, head trainer Arnold Barboza Sr. repeatedly told his son to let loose and have fun in a fight in which he was well in control. The younger Barboza obliged, switching back and forth between conventional and southpaw stance. Luis didn’t have any response for punches coming from either direction, as Barboza continued to work the body and then bring his attack upstairs.

Barboza—who landed 225-of-690 punches (45%)—did his best to mix up his attack if only to break up the monotony. Luis’ efforts in making it a fight were reduced to one punch at a time, fighting through fatigue and doing his best to roll with the incoming as Barboza steadily landed clean shots upstairs. Barboza punched in combination until the final bell, with the best that Luis could offer coming in a few right hands late in the fight.

A ten-fight win streak comes to a close for Luis who falls to 29-4 (10KOs).

The win was academic for Barboza (24-0, 10KOs), though also setting up his biggest career opportunity to date. Once the show is made official, the 28-year old junior welterweight will go right back to the gym to prepare for a crossroads showdown with former title challenger Alex Saucedo on the undercard of the October 17 lightweight unification clash between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez.

“I want {Alex} Saucedo," Barboza emphatically stated to ESPN's Bernardo Osuna after the win. "I think me and him would be a great fight. I know he wants it. I want it, so we could probably get it on soon.

"If he’s ready, I’ll be ready.”

The bout served as the chief support to the thrice-scheduled bout between unified junior welterweight titlist Jose Ramirez (25-0, 17KOs) and former beltholder Viktor Postol (31-2, 12KOs).

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox