Jordan Panthen promised to teach DeAundre Pettus an invaluable lesson Thursday night.

The undefeated 154-pound prospect was offended when Pettus stepped on the California State Athletic Commission’s scale four-plus pounds over their contracted catch weight of 157 on Thursday morning. Pettus paid Panthen 20 percent of his purse for their 10-round bout on Golden Boy Promotions’ card at The Commerce Casino & Hotel in Commerce, California.

The powerful Panthen has a more punitive penalty in mind as well.

“I think it’s a piece-of-sh*t move,” Panthen told The Ring. “It shows no respect to the sport. He must’ve enjoyed the holidays a little too much. Either way, I’m gonna take 20 percent of his purse and still beat him up. It doesn’t matter to me.”

Honolulu’s Panthen (10-0, 9 KOs) and Pettus (12-3, 7 KOs), of Columbia, South Carolina, are set to square off in Golden Boy’s co-feature on a six-fight card DAZN will stream worldwide. The show, which will start at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT in the United States, will feature super middleweights Eric Priest (14-0, 8 KOs), of Kansas City, Kansas, and Tyler Howard (20-2, 11 KOs), of Crossville, Tennessee, in the 10-round main event.

Pettus, 30, has not been knocked out in 15 professional fights. He lost a unanimous decision to Austin Deanda (16-0, 10 KOs) in his last fight, an eight-rounder November 8 at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.

“The goal is to get him out of there one way or the other,” Panthen said. “I don’t know how I’m gonna do it – knockout, TKO, he quits on the stool, the doctor stops it, his corner stops it, the ref stops it. I don’t know, don’t care. My goal is to stop him one way or another. If it’s in the later rounds, then the later rounds are gonna be real rough for him.”

Panthen plans to fight at least four times in 2025. His manager, John Lee, and adviser, Mike Borao, have high hopes for the 28-year-old late bloomer.

“Whoever he spars with, he gets the best of,” said Lee, the father of onetime super middleweight world title challenger Mike Lee. “I don’t care if it’s Tim Tszyu. I don’t care if it’s Hamzah [Sheeraz]. I don’t care if it’s Janibek [Alimkhanuly]. This kid isn’t afraid of anybody. And he’s so driven, he’s nothing like most of the fighters. He doesn’t do anything but fight and watch film and fight. So, I’ll be shocked if he doesn’t win a world title. And I know that’s a bold thing to say, but I’ll be shocked. And I know he’ll be shocked.”

If Panthen pans out inside the ring, his real-life “Yellowstone” back story should help make him marketable outside of it.

His first 20 amateur matches were contested between the ages of 15 through 18. Inspired by his idol, John Wayne, the old soul abandoned boxing for a few years to become a cowboy.

Panthen plied his trade on ranches and rode bulls in rodeos during his late teens and early 20s. He later trained to become a Navy SEAL, but Panthen moved back to Hawaii soon before the COVID-19 pandemic locked down much of the world in March 2020.

Panthen resumed his amateur career in 2021. He made his pro debut in August 2022. Two years later, he signed with Oscar De La Hoya’s promotional company, in part because Panthen trains at Brickhouse Boxing Club in North Hollywood and has developed a fan base in Southern California.

“I’m excited about Jordan’s DAZN debut,” Borao said. “I see him becoming a major attraction and fan favorite.”