BOXING : LAZCANO KNOCKS OUT LUJAN IN REMATCH.

Byline: Michael Rosenthal Daily News Staff Writer

The last time Juan Lazcano and Danny Lujan fought at the Country Club, consensus was 50-50 as to who got the better of a grueling 12-round draw.

In the rematch, on Thursday at the same Reseda venue, Lazcano left no doubts.

The hard-punching Texan knocked down Lujan twice and, after the second time Lujan fell, followed with a flurry that ended the scheduled 12-round bout just 14 seconds into the fourth round.

With the victory, Lazcano (13-1-1, with nine knockouts) claimed the vacant - and marginal - WBF lightweight championship.

``I had it in my mind to knock him out,'' Lazcano said. `` . . . I wanted to finish him right away.''

It certainly appeared so. In fact, that seemed to be the case for both fighters.

With the opening bell, both came out winging punches. And it was Lazcano who connected first, knocking down Lujan (11-4-2, four KO's) with a perfect right-left combination.

In the second, Lujan, who recovered quickly, outpunched his rival and appeared to win another frenetic and entertaining round handily as an estimated 800 fans voiced their approval.

However, the momentum swung back to Lazcano in a big way in the third. He seized a fairly close round by putting Lujan down again just before the bell, this time with a straight right, and hurt him badly.

And Lazcano, going in for the kill as the fourth round began, finished the job with a devastating barrage of hard punches.

Lazcano, who reacted to the stoppage by repeatedly jumping in place, has never been more confident. In his dressing room after the fight, he said, ``Ruelas is next,'' referring to former world lightweight champion Rafael Ruelas, whom he'd like to fight.

One of Ruelas' handlers, who was standing nearby, responded by saying, ``You wouldn't have a chance.'' Finally, Lazcano said, ``Hey, he's human, we're both human.''

In preliminaries, Effi Schneider (7-1, one KO) outpointed Ahru Dyer (3-4-1, two KO's) in a four-round junior welterweight bout. Joe Powder (8-1, four KO's) stopped Richard Gwynn (0-1) 38 seconds into the second round of a scheduled four-round heavyweight matchup.

Arnulfo Bravo (2-2, one KO) was knocked down in the first round but outpointed Sergio Benitez (0-1) in a four-round junior lightweight fight. Billy Johnson (2-0, one KO) defeated Fausto Carrera (0-1) by decision in a four-round welterweight bout. And Fidel Hernandez (8-1, five KO's) outpointed Monroe Brooks (2-3, one KO) in a six-round middleweight bout.