Cowboy-turned-contender Jordan Panthen was looking for stiff competition for his Golden Boy promotional debut, and he got that, and more, courtesy of DeAundre Pettus in their clash on Thursday night.

“The Patriot” Panthen promised to teach Pettus a lesson with a beating for blowing weight by over four pounds, but it was Pettus who made the contest a rough and tumble affair by creating cuts, providing serious resistance, and making the fight uncomfortable throughout the night with a steady offensive attack.

Ultimately, the judges deemed that Panthen (11-0, 9 KOs) did more than enough to walk away with the win in the toughest test of his career, awarding him scores of 100-90, 98-92, and 97-93 for a unanimous decision win.

Panthen, from Honolulu, Hawaii, landed 151 of 509 punches, and Pettus, from Columbia, South Carolina, connected with 114 of 381 shots.

With just 25 rounds under his belt, the junior middleweight prospect Panthen fought in his first 10-rounder and Pettus (12-4, 7 KOs) proved that it wouldn't be a walk in the park from the onset in a fight that will serve as great experience for Panthen.

An accidental clash of heads caused a cut near Panthen’s hairline with less than a minute to go in the first, but it was triaged well throughout the fight to stop the bleeding.

By the fourth round, Panthen’s left eye started swelling due to Pettus landing a consistent jab.

In the fifth round, another clash of heads cut Panthen near his left eyebrow, causing further swelling in the area of his eye.

Panthen had his best round in the sixth by dialing up the pressure, landing several big shots, and admiring his work at times.

By the seventh, the bridge of Panthen’s nose was cut as well.

Both guys got out of the gates in the eighth and fired off furious shots in the opening seconds, and it was Panthen who once again got the better of the exchanges in the round.

The pace of Pettus slowed in the final two frames, and Panthen did more than enough to sneak away with the win.

The bout served as the co-main event for the Golden Boy Promotions card on DAZN headlined by Eric Priest vs. Tyler Howard at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.

In other action, Grant Flores (8-0, 6 KOs) bloodied and busted David Ramirez (17-4, 12 KOs) to score a second-round stoppage win in their junior middleweight scrap. Flores, 20, connected with back-to-back two-punch combinations featuring a right to the body and right uppercut to end Ramirez’s night. Flores outlanded Ramirez 59 to 12 – twenty-five of the shots were to the body.

Cayden Griffiths (3-0, 3 KOs), an 18-year-old from Lake Havasu City, Arizona, had an easy night at the office against Marc Misiura (3-7-1, 1 KO), from Scranton, Pennsylvania, scoring a second-round knockout victory courtesy of a left hook to the body. Referee Rudy Barragan counted out Misiura at the 1:43 mark of the round. Griffiths outlanded Misiura 22 to eight.

Jordan Fuentes (3-0, 0 KOs) recorded his first career knockdown against Brandon Badillo (0-3-1, 0 KOs) in the final seconds of the third round with a check right hook and scored a four-round unanimous decision win in their bantamweight bout via scores of 40-35 from the judges. Fuentes outlanded Badillo 94 to 35 in the fight.

Kicking off the card, Leonardo Sanchez (8-0, 6 KOs), from Cathedral City, California, cruised to a comfortable unanimous decision win against Mexican journeyman Joseph Cruz (10-12, 6 KOs) via scores of 60-54 from the three judges in their six-round junior lightweight contest. The relentless “Bazooka” Sanchez blasted the rough and rugged Cruz with 240 of 536 shots. Cruz kept Sanchez honest at all times, however, landing 85 of 225 punches. But the offensive attack was nowhere near the required amount to stave off Sanchez.