BKB Naked Knuckle Boxing has reshuffled the highest of its October 10 Newcastle card, with Rolando “Dy Unimaginable” Dy now defending the BKB Tremendous Welterweight World Championship in opposition to Scott “The Mute” McHugh within the BKB 60 fundamental occasion. The present takes place at Utilita Enviornment Newcastle, marking BKB’s first occasion within the metropolis.
The unique heavyweight headliner, Mick Terrill vs. Kamil Sokolowski, is off after Terrill suffered a lower throughout a late-notice struggle with BKB heavyweight champion Gustavo Trujillo. Terrill is predicted to attend as a particular visitor as an alternative of competing.
Rolando Dy vs. Scott McHugh for BKB 60
Dy enters with a 6-1 BKB document and 5 knockouts. The Filipino champion is the son of former WBC world titleholder Rolando Navarrete and have become the primary fighter from the Philippines to win a BKB world championship when he beat Liam Rees for the tremendous welterweight belt. His title reign continued with a second-round stoppage of Paulie Malignaggi in Manchester.
Malignaggi, a former two-division boxing world champion, was making his personal transfer into the bare-knuckle format, however Dy’s strain and ending work ended the competition early. Now Dy strikes from the supporting slot to the marquee struggle in Newcastle, placing the Police Gazette Diamond Belt on the road in opposition to a fighter with one of many longer information within the promotion.
McHugh is listed at 17-5 with seven knockouts, carries a five-fight successful streak, and has three knockouts throughout that run. The Leeds fighter is a five-time BKB champion and a Naked Knuckle Corridor of Fame inductee, bringing greater than 20 skilled bare-knuckle bouts to the title problem. Earlier BKB materials described him as a three-time world champion, reflecting the titles collected throughout his profession.
It’s a helpful matchup for a primary Newcastle present: Dy has turn out to be one in every of BKB’s worldwide titleholders, whereas McHugh brings UK expertise and a document constructed via lengthy stretches of bare-knuckle competitors. The bout additionally provides McHugh an opportunity so as to add a brand new world title to his assortment in entrance of a British viewers.
Terrill had been set to headline in his residence area in opposition to Polish heavyweight Sokolowski. He was coming off a significant stretch that included successful the inaugural BKFC UK heavyweight title on the identical area in March, whereas Sokolowski arrived with a fame as a sturdy gloved-boxing veteran who has shared rings with names together with Dillian Whyte, Martin Bakole, Otto Wallin and Frazer Clarke.
That matchup has now been faraway from BKB 60 after Terrill stepped in in opposition to Trujillo with fewer than three days’ discover whereas already travelling to Miami for promotional duties. BKB mentioned the ensuing lower is not going to heal in time for October 10. The change leaves Dy-McHugh as the principle occasion and removes Sokolowski from the introduced lineup.
Terrill’s absence is disappointing for the native crowd, however his deliberate look on the area ought to hold the Newcastle favourite a part of the night time. His future goal stays Trujillo, BKB’s unbeaten heavyweight champion.
The co-main occasion options Scotland’s David Winiarski in opposition to Wales’ Keiron Harding in an excellent middleweight rematch. Winiarski is 7-1 with seven knockouts, whereas Harding is 3-0 with three stoppages. Their first assembly at BKB 49, “Dance of the Dragons,” was named Combat of the Night time.
Harding gained by third-round TKO after a health care provider’s stoppage, creating a transparent motive for the rematch. The primary struggle was aggressive sufficient to depart unfinished enterprise. Winiarski’s document reveals that he can finish a struggle shortly, however Harding has but to lose and carries momentum from the preliminary assembly. Their return provides the Newcastle card a second contest with direct historical past behind it.
Former IBF world champion Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jr. can also be scheduled to compete at tremendous light-weight in opposition to an opponent nonetheless to be introduced. Diaz is 1-0 in BKB after stopping Nate Williams within the first spherical at BKB 56 in Los Angeles. His debut ended on a physique shot, and BKB 60 will probably be his second look within the Trigon, the promotion’s three-sided preventing enclosure.
Adel Altamimi is booked for an excellent welterweight bout in opposition to a TBA opponent. The Baghdad-born, Los Angeles-based fighter is 3-0 with three knockouts and beforehand produced a Combat of the Night time outing at BKB 57 after opening his BKB run with a knockout in London. The preliminary card contains Jon Telfer vs. Hector Galbraith at tremendous light-weight, Liam Teruel vs. Tom Pratt at gentle heavyweight, and John Hamilton vs. Florian De La Motte at heavyweight.
BKB 60 begins with preliminaries at 5:30 p.m. BST on TikTok, adopted by the principle card at 7 p.m. BST. The occasion is scheduled for Vice TV and Telemundo in america, plus talkSPORT within the UK and Eire.
