INDIO-CALIF.-A pair of young bantamweights Kaliesha West and Tonia Cravens hammered away at each other in a glimpse of the future.

Before more than 1,000 at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, West out-punched Craven in the four-round affair on Saturday to win by unanimous decision in her second pro fight.

Craven came out swinging lefts and rights at anything that moved but found West a little too elusive and slick.

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In the first round West used a stiff jab in between Cravens punches and often stopped the windmill punches from landing. While moving around Cravens, West punched repeatedly with right hands and a long left hook occasionally that landed. But often the left hook did not land in the knuckle portion of her hand, but instead with the inside of the fist by the fore fist. But she did land.

The next round found both meeting in the middle of the ring with their heads touching each other and exchanged blows. It would be repeated in the third and fourth as well.

“I took my time and went to the body,” said West (2-0), who wound up and landed vicious body shots and was especially effective with the left hooks. “I felt relaxed in there.”

Cravens was most effective with her right hand and often switched from orthodox to a left-handed style.

“I thought I won the fight,” said a sullen Cravens (2-2-1). “I fought my best. She was tough.”

West, a former amateur standout, said she worried midway through the match that she might be losing the fight.

“This is a fight I would have lost in the amateurs. They like fighters who just swing a lot and throw a lot of punches,” West said. “But this is the pros. The judges don’t score like that. They look to see who is landing punches. It’s different. I like it.”

Using her gloves to fend off blows and slipping the overhand rights, West shoulder blocked and dipped under hooks while countering with thudding body blows that echoed in the arena.

“This fight I felt better than in my first fight,” said West who beat Suszannah Warner, now ranked.

Cravens team said the fight was close, indeed it was, though all three judges scored it 40-36 for West. Each round was hotly contested.

In a super middleweight contest, Lisa Holewyne dominated Tana Gallegos for two rounds before putting the good night punch on the Colorado boxer. A one-two combination proved the antidote for Gallegos who hit and moved against the bigger more experienced Holewyne.

Holewyne, who has met some of the best boxers in the world like Sumya Anani and Christy Martin, had too much of everything for Gallegos who was willing to hang in. But that old one-two combination seemed like it had a smart bomb attached to it. Three times Holewyne used it to drop Gallegos. The third time proved too lethal. She was counted out at 28 seconds of the third.