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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 tenei Rāhoroi for the inaugural event kicking-off “Knockout Night at the D”, aureretanga (8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. AND) ora i runga i CBS Sports Whatunga from the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center (DLVEC).
Vauvauhia e te D Las Vegas and promoted Englebrecht Promotions, te “Knockout Night at the D” raupapa’ inaugural event Moana. 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.). Rima-wā, toa e rua wehenga te ao Zab “Super” Hura (42-9, 29 Koó) mata inoino-whakaaro Josh “Pitbull” Torres (15-4-2, 7 Koó) 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 Koó) kanohi Leon “The Third Generation” Spinks III (11-3-1, 7 Koó) in the 8-round co-feature.
Claggett (23-3-1, 16 Koó), 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 rā whānau.
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 Hehe Vargas. During his 7 ½ year career, Claggett has also sparred with great fighters such as Judah and Alfonso Gomez, me te Urbano Antillon during training camp in preparation for his world title fight against Humberto Soto.
An outstanding U.S. kaimekemeke runaruna, Bryan (17-6, 7 Koó), of Patterson, Nj, has been a gatekeeper of the welterweight division the past few years. Ko ia he 2004 a 2005 National Golden Gloves light welterweight champion, me te 2004 Under-19 and 2005 National PAL 139-pound class gold medalist. I te 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 ki Yuri Ramananau (22-2) in Miami and Kinda issouf (16-1) i roto i te New York City. Bryan has also taken top contenders and promising prospects the full distance, albeit in losing efforts, such as Amir ahau, Sadam Ali, Mikael Zewski a 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), o Mexico, Las Vegas welterweight Jeremy “J Flash” Nichols (2-0, 2 Koó) vs. Jason Gavino (3-1, 2 Koó), o Mexico, and New Jersey heavyweight Dakota Walker (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Cashton Young (1-0, 1 KO), o Los Angeles. Nichols (fakatātaa'i ki te maui) gained invaluable experience as a sparring partner for Floyd Mayweather, JR. for his mega-fight versus Manny Pacquiao. He whawhai me whawhai katoa raro ki te huringa.
Tīkiti Limited, utu i $65.00 ringside and $20.00 seated general admission, remain on sale at www.Ticketmaster.com ranei www.DLVEC.com. Suites are $1000.00, ki runga ki te 10 manuhiri, and includes a beverage package. Taxes and fees apply to all sold tickets. Doors tuwhera i 5:00 p.m. PT ki te a'ee tuwhera whakaritea i 6:30 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 te www.cbssportsnetwork.com.
TITLE Boxing is the official apparel and gloves partner for the “Knockout Night at the D”
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Follow these fighters on Twitter: @SuperJudah, @PitbullTorres, @ElHuracan88, @LeonSpinksIII, @SDragonClaggett, @RealTeamBryan
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