Julian Fernandez is heading into BKB 59 anticipating a tough combat, and the Tijuana champion says he has ready accordingly for Dan “Massive Pod” Podmore. Fernandez will defend his BKB Tremendous Cruiserweight World Championship in the principle occasion of the promotion’s first card in Mexico on September 19.
Fernandez has a easy message earlier than his homecoming title protection: he’s prepared for struggle. The undefeated Mexican bare-knuckle fighter is aware of Podmore brings a résumé that calls for consideration, so he has been finding out the previous three-division BKB champion forward of their assembly at Auditorio Municipal de Tijuana.
Julian Fernandez Readies for BKB 59
“I’ve been doing my homework,” Fernandez stated of his preparation for Podmore, a veteran who has collected titles throughout a number of BKB weight courses. The champion just isn’t treating the matchup like a routine first protection, particularly with the stakes hooked up to BKB‘s debut in Mexico.
Fernandez, referred to as “Pit Bull Jr.,” may have the hometown backing when he walks out in Tijuana, Baja California. Nonetheless, the 32-year-old is making ready for a combat that would turn into bodily early. His personal BKB outcomes go away little doubt about his intent: Fernandez owns a 3-0 bare-knuckle document, with all three wins ending by stoppage, whereas his combat with Yordan Fuentes was dominated a first-round no contest.
Fernandez received the tremendous cruiserweight belt with a first-round TKO of Alex Wilson at BKB 52 in March. That efficiency added one other early end to his document and put the title round his waist lower than a yr after his BKB run started. BKB lists his victories over Kevin Greenwood and Lino Sanchez Orozco as stoppages as properly, with the Orozco win ending within the second spherical.
Podmore enters because the extra skilled bare-knuckle titleholder. The British fighter is listed at 9-4 and has held BKB championships in three divisions, giving Fernandez a challenger with expertise in big-fight conditions. It’s a completely different take a look at from Wilson, who Fernandez stopped earlier than the opening spherical reached its conclusion.
BKB 59 is scheduled for Saturday, September 19, at Auditorio Municipal de Tijuana. The occasion represents BKB Naked Knuckle Boxing’s first present in Mexico and comes by its partnership with Zanfer Promotions, certainly one of Latin America’s established boxing promoters.
The cardboard will function two world title fights. Fernandez vs. Podmore headlines the present, whereas Cecy Ulloa faces Andy Nguyen for the vacant BKB Tremendous Flyweight World Championship within the co-main occasion. Ulloa is listed at 2-1, whereas Nguyen enters at 1-1.
