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Las Vegas (March 7, 2016) – Canadian welterweight champion Steve “The Dragon” Claggett takes on veteran Jeremy “Hollywood” Bryan in an 8-round Special Attraction, providing chief undercard support lokhu ngoMgqibelo for the inaugural event kicking-off “Knockout Night at the D”, angabiki (8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. KANYE) hlala e CBS Sports Network from the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center (DLVEC).
Kwethulwa by D Las Vegas and promoted Englebrecht Promotions, the “Knockout Night at the D” series’ Umcimbi wokufakelwa Sea. 12 will take place inside the DLVEC’s tent, located in the heart of the downtown Las Vegas casino district, one block away from the world famous Fremont Street (200 S. 3 rd St.). Five-time, ezimbili division wezwe iqhawe Zab “Super” UJuda (42-9, 29 Kos) ubuso bekasilingekile-minded Josh “Pitbull” UTorres (15-4-2, 7 Kos) in the 10-round main event of the “Knockout Night at D” new monthly pro boxing series,
Rising star lightweight star Chuy “El Huracan” Gutierrez (14-0-1, 4 Kos) ubuso Leon “The Third Generation” Spinks III (11-3-1, 7 Kos) in the 8-round co-feature.
Claggett (23-3-1, 16 Kos), 26, is the reigning Canadian Professional Boxing Council and Canadian welterweight titles. As an amateur in Calgary, he captured four Alberta Championships and three Golden Gloves titles, all prior to his 18th birthday.
At the famous Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles, Claggett gained invaluable experience working with Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach. He also benefitted from working out at Mayweather Gym in Las Vegas, where he learned from trainer Roger Mayweather, and sparred there with two-division world champion Jesse Vargas. During his 7 ½ year career, Claggett has also sparred with great fighters such as Judah and Alfonso Gomez, kanye ne Urbano Antillon during training camp in preparation for his world title fight against Humberto Soto.
An outstanding U.S. sibhakela, Bryan (17-6, 7 Kos), of Patterson, NJ, has been a gatekeeper of the welterweight division the past few years. Wayengumuntu 2004 futhi 2005 National Golden Gloves light welterweight champion, kanye 2004 Under-19 and 2005 National PAL 139-pound class gold medalist. At the 2008 US Olympic Trials, he was eliminated by future professional world champion Danny Garcia, who Bryan had defeated in the opening round.
During his pro career, Bryan has pulled off several upsets, including an eighth-round decisions in 2013 to Yuri Ramananau (22-2) in Miami and Kinda issouf (16-1) e New York City. Bryan has also taken top contenders and promising prospects the full distance, albeit in losing efforts, njenge Amir I, Sadam Ali, Mikael Zewski futhi Raymond Serrano.
 The remainder of the undercard showcases promising prospects in four-round bouts: Las Vegas junior featherweight Salvador Perez (2-0) vs . Fabian Naranjo (3-2-1, 1 KO), yeMexico, Las Vegas welterweight Jeremy “J Flash” Nichols (2-0, 2 Kos) vs. Jason Gavino (3-1, 2 Kos), yeMexico, and New Jersey heavyweight Dakota Walker (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Cashton Young (1-0, 1 KO), of Los Angeles. Nichols (ifanekiselwa kwesobunxele) gained invaluable experience as a sparring partner for Floyd Mayweather, Jr. for his mega-fight versus Manny Pacquiao. Zonke ukulwa kanye fighters angaphansi ushintsho.
Amathikithi Limited, ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $65.00 ringside and $20.00 seated general admission, remain on sale at www.Ticketmaster.com noma www.DLVEC.com. Suites are $1000.00, kuya ku 10 izivakashi, and includes a beverage package. Taxes and fees apply to all sold tickets. Doors evulekile at 5:00 p.m. PT with the opening bout scheduled at 6:30 p.m. PT.
The “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, video and telco kanye nge satellite on DirecTV Channel 221 nesitsha Network Channel 158. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe, kuhlanganise nesimiso full izinhlelo nendlela uthole CBS Sports Network, iya ku www.cbssportsnetwork.com. TITLE Boxing is the official apparel and gloves partner for the “Knockout Night at the D”
series.
ULWAZI:
Twitter: @thedlasvegas, @dlvec, @DerekJStevens, @BoxingatheDLV
Instagram: @dlvec, @thedlasvegas
Follow these fighters on Twitter: @SuperJudah, @PitbullTorres, @ElHuracan88, @LeonSpinksIII, @SDragonClaggett, @RealTeamBryan
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