Gustavo Trujillo stored his BKB heavyweight title and his spotless ending document intact with a first-round knockout of former WBA common heavyweight champion Lucas Browne at BKB 48: “Night time of 4 Kings” in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The Cuban heavyweight dropped Browne earlier than ending it with a proper hand, prompting referee Sam Burgos to cease the primary occasion at 1:48 of Spherical 1.
Video: Gustavo Trujillo Sleeps Lucas Browne With Spherical 1 Proper Hand in BKB
Browne, combating from the black trunks, tried to determine his jab and transfer at vary early. Trujillo walked him down contained in the Trigon, discovered the primary knockdown, then landed the decisive proper hand as Browne retreated.
Browne bought to his toes after the primary knockdown, however the bout didn’t final for much longer. “The Cuban Murderer” Trujillo’s closing proper hand despatched the Australian again to the canvas, with Burgos stepping in after the rely to verify the knockout and title protection.
The win moved Trujillo to 8-0 in bare-knuckle competitors, with all eight victories recorded by first-round knockout. He entered BKB 48 with seven first-round stoppages and a 100% knockout charge, which means Browne grew to become the most recent heavyweight unable to get past the opening spherical.
Browne introduced main conventional-boxing expertise into the matchup. The 6-foot-5 Australian was a former WBA common heavyweight titleholder, held a 31-7 boxing document with 27 knockouts earlier than the occasion, and had received his BKB debut by second-round stoppage. He weighed 252.6 kilos for the championship struggle, whereas Trujillo got here in at 246 kilos.
Trujillo, additionally listed at 6-foot-5, entered because the defending BKB heavyweight champion and was making his eighth look within the firm. The 32-year-old Miami-based Cuban had already stopped former champions Lorenzo Hunt, Ike Villanueva and Richie Leak throughout his run by means of the division.
Trujillo is about to return on August 29 when he defends the BKB heavyweight world title towards Mark “The Veteran” O’Neil within the BKB 58: Miami primary occasion on the James L. Knight Middle. The unbeaten Cuban enters at 8-0 with eight first-round knockouts, recent from his fast end of Lucas Browne, whereas O’Neil arrives with a 3-4 BKB document after a doctor-stoppage TKO win over Daniel “Large Dom” Podmore at BKB 55 in Cardiff.
