In what the varsity described as “a tragic incident,” Nathan Tyler Valencia, 20, died Tuesday, 4 days after participating in Kappa Sigma fraternity’s “Fight Night” on November 19.
According to an internet flyer for the occasion, Valencia was one of the fighters participating in the cardboard’s “main event,” however household lawyer Nick Lasso informed CNN Sunday that the junior kinesiology main had no boxing expertise previous to collaborating in the off-campus charity bout.
Valencia collapsed “soon after his fight,” in keeping with an internet letter to the campus neighborhood from UNLV President Keith Whitfield.
He was hospitalized following his collapse and died November 23, simply 4 days shy of his 21st birthday, in keeping with Lasso.
“Kappa Sigma Fraternity is greatly saddened by the loss of Nathan Valencia at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas,” fraternity govt director Mitchell B. Wilson stated to CNN in an e mail Sunday. “Our deepest condolences, thoughts and prayers are with the Valencia family and the entire UNLV community.”
Valencia was a member of UNLV’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and never the Kappa Sigma group that hosted the occasion, in keeping with Lasso.
According to an internet flyer for the bout, the occasion was a fundraiser for Center Ring Boxing, a Las Vegas-based group that establishes youth boxing applications for space youngsters and their households.
In a press release to CNN, Lasso stated his regulation agency will conduct “a full investigation” into the promotion, security protocols, officiating and medical supervision of the November 19 occasion held in Valencia’s hometown of Las Vegas.
KTNV stated the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department opened an investigation into the incident. Police officers didn’t return a name from CNN Sunday night time.
“The Valencia family is heartbroken over the loss of Nathan … College students should not be placed in a situation where they are pitted against each other for combat,” the assertion from Lasso and Ryan Zimmer of the Richard Harris Law Firm reads. “The family wants to make sure this never happens again, that’s the primary focus,” Lasso informed CNN by telephone Sunday.
“We are shocked and heartbroken as we mourn the loss of one of our own,” Whitfield stated in his letter to the UNLV neighborhood. “Our deepest sympathies go out to his family, friends, and loved ones. I am sure words cannot describe their feeling of grief and emptiness,” the varsity president added.
A vigil for Valencia was held on the UNLV campus Saturday night time.
