TUCSON, Ariz. – The main event was a reunion.

Roy Jones Jr. and James Toney, uncivil rivals in their 1994 super middleweight bout, proved to be more than civil Friday night as business partners in the co-promotion of a card that lost its main event because of injuries sustained by junior featherweight Hanzel Martinez late Wednesday in an auto accident.

On a night with one-sided stoppages in five of six bouts, there was only one upset at an outdoor pavilion at Casino Del Sol: Jones and Toney were in the ring together again.

Twenty years ago, the bet was that the two would only meet again in a bitter rematch, a sequel of the hostility that lingered after Jones’ unanimous decision in a clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

“Nah,” Toney said. “You gotta get past all of that. Time to grow up.”

Time, too, to maybe make a little money. That, at least, is the plan in an association that Toney and Jones hope has just begun.

“We’re going to take over the world, man,” said Toney, who made his old rival laugh at his jokes, dance steps and gestures as they stood side by side before each bout televised by the CBS Sports Network. “This is just the beginning.”

John “Pops” Arthur – Toney’s CEO, advisor, mentor and confidante – said Toney ran into Jones last year at a boxing meet-and-greet.

“James had always wanted a rematch, yeah,” Arthur said. “I told him to move on and put his anger aside. I told him to approach Roy like a businessman. When people saw them together, I think they probably thought they’d only agree to rematch.”

And why not? Both fighters have continued to fight far beyond their primes, despite calls from fans and media for them to retire.

This time, Arthur said, they shook hands. But not for an Uncivil War remake. This time, it’s all about a business plan, Arthur said.

Arthur foresees a long-term relationship, which would be a lot better for their bank accounts and their health than another 12 rounds ever could be.

“We’ll do a lot more of these, no doubt,” Toney said after their co-promotional debut.

With the Martinez-Prosper Ankrah bout off the card because of a concussion and back injury suffered by Martinez in an accident in Tijuana, the show went on with Emmanuel Robles in an eight-rounder against Pipino Cuevas in a junior welterweight bout.

In his first bout since signing with Roy Jones Jr. Promotions in early March, Robles (15-0, 4 KOs) made it look easy against Cuevas, who appeared to be out of shape.

Robles knocked down Cuevas (17-16-1, 15 KOs), 0-6-1 over his last seven bouts, with a crushing left in the third round. Cuevas got up but a steady stream of blood poured from his nose, down his chest and across his trunks. He looked beaten and – in the next round – he would be.

At 25 seconds of the fourth, referee Tony Zaino quickly stopped it when Robles landed a series of blows against a defenseless Cuevas.

BEST OF THE UNDERCARD

Keenan Carbajal (11-2, 6 KOs) wore red-and-white trunks cut in the style of his Hall of Fame relative, junior-flyweight legend Michael Carbajal. Flashed a little bit of his power, too.

Keenan Carbajal, bigger and more confident than ever, delivered a lethal succession of combinations, overwhelming an overmatched Lorenzo Trejo in the second round.

The featherweight bout. was scheduled for eight rounds. Carbajal, of Phoenix, could have put Trejo (35-31, 22 KOs), of Mexico, onto the canvas that many times or more, if not for referee Rocky Burke, who ended it at 2:21 of the second and Trejo on the canvas for the third time in the round.

THE REST

Tucson cruiserweight Jesus Santamario’s debut was a knockout but not exactly the kind of knockout a young fighter envisions for his first pro bout. Edgar Ramirez (3-0, 1 KO), of Mexico City, crushed him with power he had never encountered, bouncing him off the ropes and onto the canvas for a quick knockdown, then finishing him with short right to the back of the head at 1:13 of the first.

An introduction of Randy Moreno’s power was warning enough for Christopher Turton. Moreno (3-0, 2 KOs), of Las Vegas, rocked him, sending Turton stumbling across the canvas midway through the first round of a lightweight bout scheduled for four. A dazed Turton (2-3, 1 KO), of Colony, Tex., took a seat after the first and quit before the second ever began.

In a bout before the CBS telecast, Phoenix super-flyweight Elihu Soto (5-0, 3 KOs) employed precise and painful body blows to score a four-round unanimous decision over Yezber Romero (2-2, 1 KO) of Eugene, Oregon.