REID BOXING OF LAS VEGAS DEBUTS WITH PROFESSIONAL CARD FEATURING SOUTHERN NEVADA BOXERS ON FEB. 13
Reid Boxing of Las Vegas launches its inaugural card Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.
The professional boxing card, presented by promoter Stephen Reid, features seven bouts, including 10 Southern Nevadans, five of whom are undefeated.
The card will be held in the Paradise Event Center North at the Westgate, staring at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30.
Tickets are priced at $25, $50, $75, 150 and $200 with all seats Reserved. Tickets can be purchased in advance through eventbrite.com or at the door at the Westgate Feb. 13.
The main attraction is:
Former World Boxing Association Fedelatin welterweight champion Ravshan Hudaynazarov, originally from Uzbekistan and now living in Las Vegas, against Cameron Krael of Las Vegas in a super welterweight bout.
Hudaynazarov has a record of 17-3 and 13 knockouts while Krael has a mark of 16-15-3 and four knockouts. But Krael’s record is deceiving; he has met top notch opponents. At the time Krael fought them, his 34 opponents combined to win 80 percent of their bouts, and 20 of those 34 were unbeaten or had only one loss when he faced them. Last July Krael went the distance against undefeated Las Vegan Keith Hunter, ranked No. 13 by the WBA among super lightweights.
The undercard includes:
Light heavyweight Britton Norwood of Las Vegas with a record of 9-4-1 and seven knockouts against undefeated Errol Jackson of Las Vegas with a mark of 3-0 and three knockouts.
Unbeaten Las Vegas middleweight Sharif Rahman, son of former World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, with a record of 3-0 and two knockouts, against Rashad Scott of Columbus, Ohio, with a mark of 3-2 and one knockout.
Undefeated middleweight Will Clemons of Las Vegas with a record of 4-0 and two knockouts against Victor Toney of Youngstown, Ohio, with a mark of 5-1 and four knockouts.
Unbeaten welterweight Cesar Quinones of Las Vegas with a record of 5-0 and four knockouts against an opponent to be determined.
Undefeated bantamweight David Alaverdian, originally from Israel and now living in Las Vegas, with a record of 1-0 and one knockout against an opponent to be determined.
And two Las Vegas super welterweights making their pro debut: Alexander Thiel vs. Rene Silvano.
Nine years ago Stephen Reid moved to Las Vegas and he thought his dream had come true.
He now knows he dreams bigger dreams.
In 2007 Reid came to Las Vegas from his native England for the Ricky Hatton-Floyd Mayweather fight and, as he puts it, “I fell in love with Las Vegas. It was my dream to live here.”
He finally moved here in 2011 and is a practicing attorney, one of the few if not only in Southern Nevada with a law degree from the prestigious University of Oxford.
But before he practiced law, he practiced right jabs and left hooks. As a youth he was an amateur boxer, starting at 140 pounds before moving up to 147 and 154 pounds. It was at welterweight that he sparred with a fellow Brit, a young Billy Joe Saunders, the current World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion.
“I loved boxing, but I was realistic enough to know knew my future was not in the ring,” says Reid.
That doesn’t keep him from manifesting that love of boxing in another manner, that of promoter.
Reid Promotions presents its inaugural professional boxing card Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.
The card starts at 7 p.m. (Pacific) in the Paradise Event Center North. Doors open at 6:30.
Tickets are priced at $25, $50, $75, $150 and $200 with all seats reserved. Tickets can be purchased in advance through eventbrite.com or at the door at the Westgate Feb. 13.
The card is scheduled for seven bouts which include multiple Southern Nevada boxers.
“The longer I was out of boxing directly, the more I wanted to promote and here in Las Vegas,” says Reid.
“I don’t want to call this card at the Westgate February 13th small, but it certainly isn’t a world championship event on pay-per-view,” says Reid. “After all, you have to walk before you run.
“But I expect to pick up that pace in future cards,” says Reid. “There are two reasons for that.
“One, there are plenty of boxer in Southern Nevada who are talented,” says Reid. “They’re more than opponents for other promoter’s fighters when big cards come to town, and they’re more than just sparring partners for world-ranked fighters.
“They just have to have the chance to sink or swim against comparable opponents,” says Reid. “That’s what I and my team will do: make evenly matched bouts, no mismatches. In doing so, the cream will rise to the top and become popular and marketable.
“Two, it’s my fervent believe that Southern Nevada, with its 2.2 million population, can support a local card,” says Reid. “There’s, primarily, only premium cable and pay-per-view cards going into 16,000- and 20,000-seat arenas now. There’s a need for exciting, action-packed cards featuring local boxers at venues that are easy to access and with ticket prices that start as low as $25.”
Reid says that if his first few cards realize even a modicum of success, then he envisions promoting monthly cards starting next year.
“I have no illusions of being one of the top promoters in the world in a year or two,” says Reid. “I do have a law practice to which to attend. But, I believe it’s realistic to believe that we can present entertaining and affordable cards on a regular basis.”
Maybe that’s not dreaming so big, after all.
MAIN ATTRACTION:
SUPER WELTERWEIGHT—8 ROUNDS
RAVSHAN HUDAYNAZAROV
Las Vegas
17-3, 13 KOs
Ex-WBA Fedalatin welter champ
vs.
CAMERON KRAEL
Las Vegas
16-15-3, 4 KOs
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT—4 ROUNDS
BRITTON NORWOOD
Las Vegas
9-4-2, 7 KOs
vs.
ERROL JACKSON
Las Vegas
3-0, 3 KOs
MIDDLEWEIGHT—6 ROUNDS
WILL CLEMONS
Las Vegas
4-0, 2 KOs
vs.
VICTOR TONEY
Youngstown, Ohio
5-1, 4 KOs
FEATHERWEIGHT—6 ROUNDS
SERGIO LOPEZ
Las Vegas
4-5, 3 KOs
vs.
TBA
MIDDLEWEIGHT—4 ROUNDS
SHARIF RAHMAN
Las Vegas
3-0, 2 KOs
vs.
RASHAD SCOTT
Columbus, Ohio
3-2, 1 KO
SUPER WELTERWEIGHT—4 ROUNDS
ALEXANDER THIEL
Las Vegas
Pro Debut
vs.
RENE SILVANO
Las Vegas
Pro Debut
WELTERWEIGHT—4 ROUNDS
CESAR QUINONES
Las Vegas
5-0, 4 KOs
vs.
TBA
BANTAMWEIGHT—4 ROUNDS
DAVID ALAVERDIAN
Las Vegas/Israel
1-0, 1 KO
vs.
TBA
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Executive Writer, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a passion for Combat Sports and also a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s also a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
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