BKB Naked Knuckle Boxing introduced combat week to Miami on Friday, with Gustavo Trujillo, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Aspen Ladd and different BKB 58 rivals collaborating in a media exercise at KO Zone forward of Saturday’s present on the James L. Knight Heart.
BKB 58 Open Exercise
The exercise got here with a serious late swap on the prime of the invoice. BKB heavyweight champion Trujillo will now defend in opposition to former multi-promotion titleholder Mick Terrill after Mark O’Neill encountered visa problems. Terrill stepped in on quick discover, restoring the heavyweight championship bout to the main-event slot.
BKB CEO David Tetreault addressed the change alongside host Gareth A. Davies through the exercise, saying Terrill had initially been travelling to the USA to look at the occasion earlier than contacting the promotion when information of O’Neill’s journey challenge emerged.
“We’re very lucky to have the ability to announce that Gustavo Trujillo will face Mick Terrill in the principle occasion for the BKB Heavyweight World Championship,” Tetreault mentioned. “This combat got here collectively within the final 24 hours. Mick was on his option to the U.S. as an observer when he noticed that Mark O’Neill was having visa points and contacted us in a single day.”
Tetreault added: “We have been in a position to put collectively within the final 16 hours what can be the best heavyweight combat in naked knuckle historical past.”
The match places Trujillo’s BKB heavyweight belt on the road in opposition to Terrill, who has held championships in a couple of bare-knuckle promotion and beforehand held BKB’s cruiserweight title. Trujillo entered the occasion with an 8-0 BKB document, with each promotional win ending by first-round knockout.
“I’m right here to combat the most effective,” Trujillo mentioned. “I’m a world champion, and that is the combat I wished. I don’t need to combat anybody who isn’t the No. 1 contender. Because of Mick for making this combat occur and on Saturday, you’re going to get to see why I’m the most effective heavyweight naked knuckle boxer on the earth.”
With the heavyweight title combat again in place, Olympic gold medalist and former WBA and IBF featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa shifts into the co-main occasion for his first BKB look in opposition to Yesner “Cuajadita” Talavera.
Gamboa, who received Olympic gold for Cuba in 2004 and later held world titles in skilled boxing, has fought Terence Crawford and Gervonta Davis throughout his gloved-boxing profession. Saturday will mark his first bout in BKB’s three-sided Trigon.
“I really feel wonderful, and I need to thank God for the chance to combat right here with BKB,” Gamboa mentioned. “It’s going to be an enormous combat as a result of naked knuckle boxing brings a lot motion and so many knockouts. The followers are in for an actual deal with!”
Former UFC and PFL contender Aspen Ladd additionally labored out at KO Zone earlier than her super-lightweight assembly with Brazil’s Bianca Daimoni. Ladd is making her BKB debut, though she already has bare-knuckle expertise following a first-round BKFC victory in November 2025. Daimoni enters with a 1-1 BKB document.
“I can’t be extra excited to be right here,” Ladd mentioned. “I used to be excited in regards to the signing however to lastly get to the occasion, I’m on prime of the world. My opponent is hard and an enormous woman, however this combat won’t go to a call.”
The Miami card additionally consists of Roberto Duran Jr. in opposition to Ryan Spivey, BKB super-featherweight champion Alberto Blas defending in opposition to Brandon Birr, and Yunieski Gonzalez dealing with Ethan George for the vacant cruiserweight championship.
BKB 58: Miami takes place Saturday, August 29, on the James L. Knight Heart. The U.S. foremost card is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET on VICE TV, whereas the occasion can be set to air on Telemundo in the USA and talkSPORT in the UK.
KO Zone offered a becoming setting for the media exercise, as a number of fighters on the cardboard have used the Miami fitness center as a coaching base. The open session gave native followers, coaches and media a closing have a look at the cardboard earlier than BKB returns to the Trigon.
