Rosado, Stevens fight to draw at Big Knockout Boxing

Fighter Gabriel Rosado is interviewed during a press conference for his upcoming Saturday bout against Bryan Vera in the first card for Big Knockout Boxing at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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