Carla Torres knocked Kalliopi “Pink Tyson” Kourouni off her path toward a 130-pound women’s world title shot Saturday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Cleveland’s Torres, who took a 6-6 record into their eight-round junior lightweight bout, upset Greece’s Kourouni by majority decision on the Xavier Martinez-Robson Conceicao undercard at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Kourouni appeared slightly busier, but Torres landed the cleaner, harder shots.

One judge scored all eight rounds for Torres, 80-72. Torres won 77-75 on another card and one judge scored it a draw, 76-76.

The 30-year-old Torres (7-6) was 1-3 in her previous four fights. Kourouni (11-3, 2 KOs), who is also 30, had won nine of her previous 10 bouts.

Immediately preceding Torres’ win, Bruce Carrington viciously knocked out Steven Brown to win his second professional fight.

The highly touted Carrington, a 19-year-old featherweight prospect from Brooklyn, dismantled Brown with a four-punch combination that ended their scheduled four-round bout early in the second round. Referee Gerald Ritter stopped their bout 43 seconds into the second round.

Carrington (2-0, 1 KO) ferociously finished Mexico’s Brown (1-1, 1 KO) with a right-left-left-left combination that left Brown crumpled beneath a bottom rope, unable to get up.

Carrington’s right hand temporarily knocked Brown through the top two ropes. Then he quickly followed up with a left hook, a left uppercut and another left hook that sent Brown to the canvas.

In the bout before Carrington’s knockout, Jeremiah Milton gave his hometown fans what they came to see.

The former college football player dropped overmatched heavyweight Dell Long twice during the opening round and scored a first-round, technical-knockout victory. Milton, 27, improved to 4-0 and recorded his fourth knockout.

Referee Gary Ritter stopped their scheduled four-round bout at 1:37 of the first round, as soon as Long hit the canvas a second time. Long (7-10-2, 4 KOs), of Fairdale, West Virginia, lost by knockout for the eighth time in 19 professional fights.

Milton sent Long to the canvas with a left hook just 19 seconds into their bout. Long reached his feet, but he couldn’t do anything to keep Milton off of him.

A right hand by Milton knocked Long to the canvas again with 1:26 to go in the first round. Long got up again, but Ritter wouldn’t allow him to continue.

Two fights earlier Saturday night, Haven Brady Jr. looked sharp throughout his six-round, unanimous-decision victory over journeyman Diuhl Olguin.

Brady picked apart the much more experienced, durable Olguin and won all six rounds on each scorecard, 60-54, to remain unbeaten. The 20-year-old Brady (5-0, 4 KOs), a featherweight prospect from Albany, Georgia, consistently used his jab, dug to Olguin’s body and landed numerous counter right hands to dominate a Mexican veteran who hasn’t been knocked out in any of his past 19 fights.

The 33-year-old Olguin slipped to 15-21-5 (10 KOs).

In the first fight Saturday night, Dante Benjamin made a successful pro debut in short order.

The 19-year-old light heavyweight prospect dropped Herman Rendon twice and stopped him 2:05 into the first round of a four-rounder. Rendon, an Odessa, Texas, native who took this fight on short notice, lost for the first time in three pro bouts (2-1, 0 KOs).

A stiff jab by Benjamin sent Rendon to his gloves and knees 45 seconds into their bout. Rendon answered referee Mark Nelson’s count, but Benjamin didn’t need much more time to finish him off.

Benjamin’s left hook knocked Rendon flat on his back with 1:06 to go in the opening round. Rendon beat Nelson’s count again, but Nelson determined he shouldn’t continue and halted their fight.

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