THE one-sided encounter between Tsetsi Davis and Christopher Henry last Wednesday night unlocked the door to the reservoir of excitement that resides in the 2015 staging of the fifth Wray & Nephew White Overproof Contender Boxing Series.

Whether the excitement is experienced at ringside at the Chinese Benevolent Association Auditorium or in the comfort of your home via local television station TVJ, as well as in other Caribbean countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guyana, Suriname and the Cayman Islands, the experience is real.

The series moves into its fifth fight night with Jamaican boxer Kevin Hylton hammering it out against Guyanese boxer Edmund DeClou, beginning at 8:30 pm.

The three-fight card will open with the customary two bouts to provide exposure for boxers in the ranks. The floor show element will then offer a different level of entertainment that takes the show up to fight time scheduled for approximately 9:45 pm.

The Contender series is conducted over four stages among 16 fighters in two preliminary round stages of six rounds each in an elimination system.

Boxing trainer Carl Grant will be in charge of Team Jamaica, while Andrew Boland will take charge of Team Caribbean.

Stage two will be the semi-final stages with two fights of eight rounds each. The last two who remain standing will contest the final going 10 rounds to be the top Contender. The winner who will pocket a cool $2 million of the almost $3 million up for grabs.

The Guyanese representing Team Caribbean possesses twice as much fight experience as does Hylton, who has to his credit a mere nine fights.

But do not let the uneven statistics cloud your judgement.

Hylton, who will be making his fifth appearance in the Contender boxing series, is reported to have gone through his preparation with great diligence and a big performance is anticipated. At age 34 Hylton stands at 5’6″ tall with a ring record of five wins, three by way of knockouts and four losses while campaigning in the middleweight division.

Also well drilled is DeClou, who will be making his debut in the series at age 29 and standing at 6’2″ tall. He has a ring record of 15 wins: three by way of knockouts, two losses also by way of knockouts and one draw from his 18 fights while campaigning as a welterweight.