Gustavo “Cuban Murderer” Trujillo stored the BKB heavyweight title in Miami on Saturday, stopping late alternative Mick Terrill with a physique shot within the second spherical at BKB 58. The end prolonged Trujillo’s bare-knuckle document to 9-0, with 9 knockouts.
BKB 58 Outcomes
Trujillo put his BKB heavyweight championship on the road on the James L. Knight Heart on August 29 after the deliberate challenger, Mark O’Neill, was unable to journey due to visa points. Terrill, a former BKB and BKFC heavyweight titleholder who had initially anticipated to work across the occasion as a commentator, accepted the combat on quick discover.
The British fighter got here in heavier at Friday’s weigh-in, listed at 263 pounds to Trujillo’s 241, and tried to shut the hole early. Trujillo discovered openings at shut vary, then ended the competition with a shot to the physique late in spherical two. The win marked Trujillo’s first BKB stoppage past the opening spherical. He entered the evening at 8-0 with all eight prior BKB victories ending in spherical one, whereas his professional boxing document was listed at 12-0 with 11 knockouts earlier than the Miami card.
Tyson Fury was in attendance for the primary occasion and joined Trujillo within the ring to position the heavyweight belt on the champion’s shoulder. Throughout the broadcast, Fury joked about his repeated retirements and mentioned he may take into account a transfer into bare-knuckle competitors if the monetary provide was proper.
Former Olympic gold medalist and ex-WBA and IBF featherweight boxing champion Yuriorkis Gamboa made his BKB debut within the co-main occasion. The 44-year-old Cuban outpointed Yesner “Cuajadita” Talavera over 5 rounds, taking all three scorecards by 50-44.
Gamboa weighed 135 kilos, with Talavera at 135.8, and managed the competition inside BKB’s three-sided Trigon. The end result opens Gamboa’s bare-knuckle document at 1-0 and provides the promotion one other skilled boxing identify on its roster.
BKB 58 produced 10 knockouts throughout 12 fights, together with title wins for Alberto Blas and Yunieski Gonzalez. Blas remained unbeaten at 9-0 with 9 KOs after stopping Brandon Birr at 1:57 of spherical one to retain the tremendous featherweight crown. Gonzalez moved to 3-0 with three knockouts by ending Ethan George at 1:19 of spherical one for the cruiserweight title.
Elsewhere, Bianca Daimoni edged former UFC title challenger Aspen Ladd by unanimous determination in Ladd’s BKB debut, with scores of 49-46 twice and 48-47. Robert Duran Jr. stopped Ryan Spivey within the first spherical, whereas Yampier Ramirez, Gilberto Fuentes, Keegan Vandermeer, Kylle McMillan, Murat Kilimetov and Rudisel Mora additionally earned stoppage wins.
