The Big Knockout Boxing ring is a small, low-slung circle with no ropes.The fighters who step into "the Pit" are expected to trade flurries of big punches in two-minute rounds until one is flat on his back.Middleweight Bryan Vera thought the concept was a bit strange, but the DirecTV-backed promoters offered him enough money to try it Saturday night in Las Vegas.When his trainers taped out the dimensions of the 17-foot diameter circle in his home gym, the old-school brawler realized he might excel at this new variation on an old sport.Flaunting its violence and essentially promising big finishes, Big Knockout Boxing attempts to punch its way into a crowded combat sports marketplace at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Reported by MyNorthwest.com 3 hours ago.
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