Daniel Garcia needed less than two minutes to obliterate Daniel Lugo on Saturday in Phoenix.

Garcia drilled Lugo with a right hand to his jaw that knocked Lugo to the canvas awkwardly with 1:19 to go in the first round on the Jaime Munguia-John Ryder undercard at Footprint Center in Phoenix. Lugo looked like he was attempting to compose himself, but their fight was stopped before he could get to his feet.

Lugo protested the stoppage, but he was badly hurt by Garcia’s right hand. The official time of the stoppage was 1:51 of the first round.

Garcia, of Westminster, Colorado, improved to 8-0 and recorded his sixth knockout. Lugo, of Tucson, Arizona, slipped to 4-2 and lost by knockout for the second time.

In the bout before Garcia’s big victory, Gregory Morales was sharper and more accurate than Ronal Ron and won their eight-round junior lightweight bout by unanimous decision.

San Antonio’s Morales (16-1, 9 KOs) won by scores of 80-72, 79-73 and 78-74. Venezuela’s Ron (14-5, 11 KOs) lost a second straight eight-round unanimous decision.

A right uppercut by Morales snapped back Ron’s head with just under 40 seconds to go in the eighth round, but he couldn’t hurt his rugged opponent. Morales nailed Ron with a right hand with just under 1:15 on the clock in the seventh round, but again, couldn’t budge Ron.

Morales’ left landed in an exchange that took place with just under 1:45 on the clock in the fifth round.

Ron’s right hand landed to the side of Morales’ head with just over 1:40 to go in the fourth round. Morales suffered a cut over his left eye earlier in the fourth round.

A right hand by Morales knocked Ron off balance with a little less than a minute remaining in the third round.

Ron nailed Morales with a right hand in the opening minute of the second round, but Morales came back with a harder right that got Ron’s attention several seconds later.

In the previous fight, Gael Cabrera demonstrated why his handlers at Golden Boy Promotions are so high on the 19-year-old Mexican junior featherweight prospect.

Cabrera dropped Miguel Ceballos twice in the first round and continually connected with the more damaging punches thereafter to win their four-round bout by unanimous decision. Cabrera (4-0, 2 KOs), of Sonora, Mexico, won by scores of 40-34, 39-35 and 39-35.

Ceballos (2-1, 2 KOs), from nearby Glendale, Arizona, showed a lot of heart, but he was worn down by a more skillful fighter and harder puncher.

Cabrera’s right hook up top wobbled Ceballos with about 1:10 left in the fourth round, but Ceballos withstood Cabrera’s hardest shots and finished their fight on his feet. A straight left by Cabrera knocked Ceballos into the ropes just before the halfway point of the fourth round.

Cabrera pressed the action throughout the third round, when he landed straight lefts to Ceballos’ head and lefts to the body. Ceballos bled from his nose and appeared to wear down, but he kept throwing punches.

After dropping Ceballos twice in the first round, Cabrera caught Ceballos with various head and body shots during the second round. Ceballos fought back enough, though, to prohibit Cabrera from trying to finish him off.

Cabrera scored two knockdowns during the first round.

His right hook sent Ceballos to one knee with 1:50 to go in the opening round. A right uppercut by Cabrera then knocked Ceballos into the ropes with under 20 seconds on the clock in the first round and Cabrera followed up with a right to the body.

The ropes held up Ceballos at that point, which counted as a second knockdown. In the beginning of the first round, Ceballos blasted Cabrera with a right hand that knocked him into the ropes.

In the first fight on the undercard, Jonathan Canas knocked out Kameeko Hall in the first round of a junior welterweight fight scheduled for four rounds.

Canas (3-0, 2 KOs), of Santa Ana, California, landed a left to Hall’s body and an overhand right to the side of Hall’s head that sent him to the canvas with 2:06 to go in the first round. Hall (0-4), of Brunswick, Georgia, couldn’t get up in time and was counted out at 1:04 of the first round.

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