The ESPN FNF offering delivered a dandy featherweight duel out at Pittsburgh suburb of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, in a career must win affair with past champion Eric Aiken and Monte-Clay in the main event. 

Meza-Clay, a 5’ 2” dynamo with the sobriquet “2-Guns,” lived up to the handle with a constant round by round barrage that evoked memories of past champions Jake LaMotta, Henry Armstrong, Beau Jack who once  performed in similar style. 

From the opening bell it was all Meza-Clay in a bob-n-weave two-fisted assault that on this night the veteran Aiken had no answers to the puzzle - finally stanza seven, Meza-Clay with a furious barrage backs Aiken to the ropes - a 14 punch unanswered bombardment would set the stage. 

Aiken managed a single right hand counter that interrupted the onslaught to no avail - quickly, it was another barrage of seven more punches finding the target before referee Shariff jumped in to halt the carnage. The time 39 seconds of the stanza. 

With this impressive outing Meza-Clay who had entered #8 on the WBO charts is expected to move up a notch or two - it was that kind of performance. 

The ringside commentary questioned the shortage of answers from the veteran Aiken - was said he should have used a strong jab and outside counter style - problem on this night was clearly: A) Aiken entered with mixed results of win-losses in last five outings; B) for reasons only Aiken knows, on this night he simply could not get off. 

Post Scripts: Meza-Clay (21-1, 18 KOs) ~ age 26 - single loss at hands of durable and bigger in size and weight Edner Cherry - at feather proved too much for Aiken. The style is one of crowd pleaser with decent but not explosive punching power. Expect he’ll now move closer to the title contention pack - smart move is WBO champion Steve Luevano. At 126 Chris John is the man … Guerrero has date with Jason Litzau for his share. 

                   Eric Aiken (16-7-1, 12 KOs) ~ age 27 but fought as if older. Needs a rest and a gimme before resuming serious business. Has the style but could not get untracked. 

                 Referee Shariff ~ Good night's work - even with the first barrage no sign Aiken was in serious trouble - but when second onslaught found target he quickly called it off.