It took Charles Conwell nearly nine rounds, but he eventually made the type of statement he expected Wednesday night.

Conwell was way ahead on the scorecards in a most unremarkable bout before he drilled Wendy Toussaint with a right uppercut that quickly ended their scheduled 10-round junior middleweight match at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The previously unbeaten Toussaint appeared to suffer a broken nose and didn’t get up after taking a knee three seconds after Conwell clipped him.

Referee Johnny Callas counted to 10 and halted the action at 2:42 of the ninth round.

Cleveland’s Conwell out-worked Toussaint for much of their bout and fought through an apparent injury to his right hand before blasting Toussaint with a punch he couldn’t take in the main event of Showtime’s “ShoBox: The New Generation” telecast.

The 22-year-old Conwell, a 2016 U.S. Olympian, upped his record to 13-0. He also produced his 10th knockout.

The 28-year-old Toussaint, of Huntington, New York, lost for the first time as a pro (12-1, 5 KOs).

Conwell fought for the second time since Patrick Day died from brain trauma suffered during his 10th-round knockout loss to Conwell last October 12 in Chicago. Conwell told BoxingScene.com before beating Toussaint that he wants to win a 154-pound world title to honor Day’s memory.

He continued the process Wednesday night of establishing himself as at least a contender in the junior middleweight division.

A right uppercut by Conwell abruptly ended a fight that seemed destined to go the distance late in the ninth round.

Toussaint took a couple steps backward after absorbing that shot with 36 seconds remaining in the ninth. Toussaint went down to one knee and couldn’t answer Callas’ count.

Conwell didn’t use his right hand during the eighth round after seemingly hurting it while landing a right to the middle of Toussaint’s face late in the seventh round. Toussaint encouraged Conwell to stand and trade with him in the eighth round, but Conwell was only able to use his left hand at that point.

Conwell caught Toussaint with a right uppercut about 50 seconds into the seventh round. Conwell landed a left to the body and came right back with a right to his head with just under 30 seconds to go in the seventh.

Conwell landed a right to the side of Toussaint’s head with just under 15 seconds to go in the sixth round. Toussaint tried to keep his distance better during the sixth round, but he had difficulty landing clean shots on Conwell even when he established his range.

Conwell landed a right to the side of Toussaint’s head 1:15 into the fifth round. Conwell connected with another right that backed up Toussaint with five seconds to go in the fifth.

Toussaint landed an overhand right with just under a minute to go in the fourth round. Conwell wasn’t as accurate or active in the fourth round as he had been in each of the first three rounds.

Conwell unloaded a right-left combination to Toussaint’s body with 1:15 to go in the third round. He followed that up with right up top.

Toussaint couldn’t keep up with Conwell’s work rate in that third round. He also appeared to breathe heavily while sitting on his stool between the third and fourth rounds.

Conwell connected with a hard left and two rights to Toussaint’s body during the second round. Conwell also nailed Toussaint with a left uppercut toward the end of the second round.

Callas warned Conwell for hitting Toussaint low at the very end of the second round.

Conwell’s left uppercut landed with about a minute remaining in the first round.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.