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ShoBox photos: J'Leon Love dominates, Chris Pearson learns, and Badou Jack gets stopped in one

It was an up-and-down night for Mayweather Promotions, as J'Leon Love and Chris Pearson came out winners on ShoBox, while Badou Jack was flattened by Derek Edwards.

Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006.

Last night on ShoBox: The New Generation, The Money Team went 2-1, though not without a close call in one of their team's wins. In the main event, J'Leon Love hammered his way to a 10th round stoppage over a game but overmatched Vladine Biosse, while Badou Jack was shocked in one round by veteran Derek Edwards, and Chris Pearson escaped with a split decision win over Lanardo Tyner in the opener.

Love (17-0, 10 KO) had Biosse (15-3-2, 7 KO) in trouble early, but didn't get greedy for a stoppage at any point, perhaps after watching "teammate" Jack wiped out in the fight before. The Michigan fighter kept a pretty steady pace and dominated the fight, with referee Benjy Esteves stepping in in the final round.

"We worked really hard in camp and I wanted to be able to take advantage of that work and use all my punches. I was hitting him with great combinations, going downstairs and upstairs," Love said afterward. "He was a tough guy, but I knew eventually with the shots I was throwing I would get him out of there. A late stoppage is good."

Jack (16-1-1, 9 KO) was iced in the first minute against Edwards (27-3-1, 14 KO), a shocker upset that happened mostly due to a single beautiful right hand that landed flush on Jack's chin, coming in over top of a jab. Edwards timed the shot wonderfully, put Jack down, and Badou just couldn't get his legs back, going down moments later and stopped just 1:01 into the contest.

Pearson (11-0, 9 KO) tasted canvas against Tyner (31-9-2, 20 KO), but overall passed his first real test pretty well. There was an argument for a Tyner win, and the two 78-73 scores for Pearson seemed fairly wide, but this was no cream puff opponent, either. Tyner's been around and knows what he's doing in there. It was a pretty real step up for Pearson, and he came out of it with the win, and a learning experience for sure.

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