Nagy Aguilera De La Rosa (born May 28, 1986) is a Dominican

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in the Heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 division.

Professional career

Nagy Aguilera gained notoriety when he knocked out former WBC Heavyweight Champion Oleg Maskaev

Oleg Maskaev

Oleg Alexandrovich Maskaev is a Russian professional boxer and a former WBC heavyweight champion. He is an ethnic Mordvin.-Boxing career:Maskaev, a former mine worker, began his career in the 1980s as an amateur boxer in the Soviet Union, where he held a victory over world champion Vitali...

 in the first round on December 11, 2009 in what was considered a major upset. Since then, Aguilera has been considered a journeyman fighter brought in to fight more recognized opponents.

He has also previously fought (and lost) to former WBC Heavyweight Champion Samuel Peter

Samuel Peter

Samuel Okon Peter , nicknamed "The Nigerian Nightmare," is a professional heavyweight boxer and the former WBC heavyweight champion....

 and former World Light Heavyweight Champion Antonio Tarver

Antonio Tarver

Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida and the former WBC, WBA, IBF, & The Ring light heavyweight champion....

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On May 14, 2011 Aguilera lost by K.O. to Mexican-American Chris Arreola

Chris Arreola

Cristobal Arreola is a Mexican-American professional Heavyweight boxer. Arreola is the former NABF, WBC Continental Americas, and current WBC FECOMBOX Heavyweight Champion. Chris is promoted by Goossen Tutor and trained by Henry Ramírez....

, this bout was televised on Showtime's Andre Ward vs. Arthur Abraham

Andre Ward vs. Arthur Abraham

Andre Ward vs. Arthur Abraham is an upcoming Super Middleweight championship fight for the WBA Middleweight championship. The Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinals are set to begin. Andre Ward, Arthur Abraham, Carl Froch and Glen Johnson are all one victory from the tournament final en route to...

 undercard.

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