{"id":13108,"date":"2016-03-11T13:45:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T19:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=13108"},"modified":"2016-03-11T14:08:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T20:08:02","slug":"tv-boxing-event-featuring-jim-ross-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/11\/tv-boxing-event-featuring-jim-ross-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"TV boxing event featuring Jim Ross canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2415830359\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>One of Jim Ross&#8217;s new announcing gigs has been put on hold.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Knockout Night at the D&#8221; boxing card scheduled for Saturday night has been canceled. The decision was made Friday after conversations between the promoter and Nevada State Athletic Commission on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night, I received multiple calls from the Nevada Athletic Commission regarding eligibility concerns. After our discussions, it became apparent the fight card could not move forward,&#8221; said D Las Vegas CEO Derek Stevens <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/2016\/03\/knockout-night-d-fight-card-march-12-cancelled\/\" target=\"_blank\">in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although I\u2019m disappointed with the situation, I appreciate the phone calls and look forward to working with the Nevada Athletic Commission on future boxing events at the DLVEC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fight card was scheduled to air Saturday night on CBS Sports Network, with Ross calling the action along with Al Bernstein.<\/p>\n<p>The D in Las Vegas was planning to use Saturday&#8217;s event to launch a series of monthly fight cards in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The next scheduled\u00a0events are April 16, May 13, and June 10. Ironically, in a press release on February 23, the promoters noted the upcoming dates are &#8220;subject to normal Nevada Commission approval.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apparently the NSAC has cancelled our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theDlasvegas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theDlasvegas<\/a> Knockout Night at the D. Bummer. Waiting to find out why. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerekJStevens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DerekJStevens<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSportsNet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBSSportsNet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRsBBQ\/status\/708371403079221248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Knockout Night at the D Saturday nite on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSportsNet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBSSportsNet<\/a> has been cancelled by Nevada State Athletic Commission. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theDlasvegas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theDlasvegas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRsBBQ\/status\/708383342664626177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2883515238\"><div id=\"pwtor-4050927776\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>One of Jim Ross&#8217;s new announcing gigs has been put on hold. The &#8220;Knockout Night at the D&#8221; boxing card scheduled for Saturday night has been canceled. The decision was made Friday after conversations between <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/11\/tv-boxing-event-featuring-jim-ross-canceled\/\" title=\"TV boxing event featuring Jim Ross canceled\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1775,1774,2142,334,2141,361],"class_list":["post-13108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_etc","tag-boxing","tag-cbs-sports","tag-cbs-sports-network","tag-jim-ross","tag-knockout-night","tag-las-vegas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/02\/RossBoxingCBSSports.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13109,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13108\/revisions\/13109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}