This weekend, he continued to add to his growing name in the sport by easily dispatching his lightweight opponent, Renny Viamonte.

Curmel Moton Remains One of The Next Big Things in Boxing

There remains question marks as to whether he could be the next Floyd Mayweather, or Gervonta Davis

In the opening round, Viamonte caught him with a hook shot but Moton showed he had punch resistance to go with his impressive attacking instincts as he weathered the shot with ease. Moton kept his gloves high in the second, sprung from defense to attack with his rhythmic movement, and sought to overpower his opponent with bruising combinations.

Since Moton burst onto the scene, he has accelerated through the weight classes and appears as stocky as ever. A question mark could be raised about whether his power and knockout percentage would remain at lightweight, as it had at lighter weight classes, as, in this fight — the eighth of his career — he had to defend himself from powerful blows coming from Viamonte, who took no second invitation to showboat and taunt Moton, while thudding Viamonte in response, but to not as great avail as he had when he weighed, and performed, in the 128 to 132-pound range.

Ultimately, it wasn’t long before Moton’s power told the story of the fight. He landed solid right hands to the jaw, left hooks to the body, and punches in bunches that were thrown with bad intentions as the young American sought to wipe the smile from his opponent’s face at the end of each of the final rounds. Had the fight been scheduled for 10 rounds, or 12, it’s likely Moton would have been able to get Viamonte out of there, but his opponent held on and survived the distance.

Though Moton did not add another knockout to his reel, he’ll have likely learned more from this fight than he would have in his previous bouts.