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Tenei Rāhoroi night live on
CBS Sports Network from DLVEC in Las Vegas
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Las Vegas (April 12, 2016) – An solid undercard showcasing promising prospects has been announced for tenei Rāhoroi po o “Knockout Night at the D” raupapa, te aroaro e te D Las Vegas a Rō Las Vegas Events Center (DLVEC), Kei te whakatairangatia ana e te Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ) Boxing Promotions.
Canadian welterweight Steve “The Dragon” Claggett (23-3-1, 16 Koó) and former IBO champion Chris “Ko te Heat” Van Heerden (23-1-1, 12 Koó),, fighting out of his native South Africa by way of Santa Monica, California, square off in 12-round main event.
Rāhoroi o “Knockout Night at the D” event will air (8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. AND) ora i runga i CBS Sports Whatunga from under the neon lights at the DLVEC outdoor venue.
Undefeated California welterweight Neeco “Rooster” Macias (11-0, 4 Koó) faces former Chicago Golden Gloves champion Limberth “Uira” Ponce, JR. (10-2, 8 Koó), of Rock Island, Illinois, in the 8-round co-feature.
A Baltimore welterweight, tūturu Malik “Iceman” Hawkins (6-0, 5 Koó), is in the first televised bout in a six-rounder versus New Orleans’ Errol Sidney (6-1-2, 2 Koó). Jones signed Hawkins to a promotional contract after watching the youngster spar impressively, displaying tremendous power.
Also fighting on the undercard in 4-round fights are flashy Las Vegas welterweight Jeremy “J-Flash” Nichols (2-0, 2 Koó) vs. Mexican invaderJason Gavino (3-1, 2 Koó), slick Las Vegas featherweight Sal Lopez (2-0) vs. TBA, dangerous Las Vegas junior featherweight Randy Moreno (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Derek Barthemay (0-2), of Eugene, Oregon, and Los Angeles heavyweight Honatana “Johnnie” Rice (3-1-1, 3 Koó) vs. Antonio Robertson (4-5-1, 2 Koó), of Alexandria, Virginia.
He whawhai me whawhai katoa raro ki te huringa.
Tickets, utu i $149.99 VIP ringside, $119.00 ringside, $74.99 seated and $29.99 rear seated, are on sale at www.Ticketmaster.com raneiwww.DLVEC.com. Taxes and fees apply to all sold tickets.
Doors tuwhera i 5:00 p.m. PT ki te a'ee tuwhera whakaritea i 6:00 p.m. PT.
Te “Knockout Night at the D” series was developed in partnership with DLVEC and Neon Star Media.
CBS Sports Network is available across the country through local cable, ataata me ngā ratonga telco me mā amiorangi i runga i DirecTV Channel 221 a te rihi Channel Whatunga 158. Mō ētahi atu pārongo, tae atu ki te rärangi hötaka tonu, me te ki te tiki CBS Sports Whatunga, haere ki tewww.cbssportsnetwork.com.
TITLE Boxing is the official apparel and gloves partner for the “Knockout Night at the D” raupapa.
KŌRERO:
Twitter: @thedlasvegas, @dlvec, @DerekJStevens, @BoxingatheDLV, @RoyJonesJRFA
Instagram: @dlvec, @thedlasvegas, @RoyJonesJRFA
Follow these fighters on Twitter: @SDragonClaggett, @TheHeat001 (Van Heerden), @Limbo_1991 (Ponce), @mhawk0_6 (Hawkins), @ej_flash562 (Nichols)
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