BKB 58 has its most important occasion set for August 29, with heavyweight champion Gustavo “The Cuban Murderer” Trujillo defending his title towards Mark “The Veteran” O’Neil on the James L. Knight Middle in Miami.
Gustavo Trujillo vs. Mark O’Neil
Trujillo enters the championship bout unbeaten in BKB competition at 8-0, with all eight victories ending by first-round knockout. The Cuban heavyweight has grow to be one of many promotion’s quickest finishers, and his title protection towards O’Neil offers him an opportunity to increase that run in entrance of a Miami crowd.
O’Neil, listed as 3-4 in BKB, steps in as an skilled challenger with a serious alternative. The English heavyweight has been billed at 6-foot-5 and brings a unique bodily look to the matchup than Trujillo’s earlier opponents. His document doesn’t inform the entire story in a format the place one clear punch can finish an evening quick, and a win over the unbeaten champion would alter the BKB heavyweight image instantly.
BKB 58
The title battle is the centerpiece of BKB’s return to Downtown Miami and the finale of its “Summer time of BKB” schedule. Trujillo final defended the belt with a 63-second stoppage of former WBA common heavyweight champion Lucas Browne at BKB 48, including one other early end to his document. Outdoors bare-knuckle boxing, Trujillo can be listed as 12-0 with 11 knockouts as an expert boxer and holds a WBO No. 13 rating.
BKB 58 has a number of crossover names on the cardboard. Olympic gold medalist and former world boxing champion Yuriorkis Gamboa is about to make his bare-knuckle debut towards Yesner “Cuajadita” Talavera. Gamboa’s arrival offers the Miami present one other native connection, whereas inserting an achieved boxer into BKB’s triangular Trigon preventing space for the primary time.
Former UFC title contender Aspen Ladd may even make her BKB debut when she meets Bianca “Diamante” Daimoni in a brilliant light-weight contest. Daimoni has beforehand challenged for BKB welterweight honors, making Ladd’s first look a severe matchup moderately than a delicate introduction to the game.
Miami’s Robert Duran Jr., son of Corridor of Fame four-division champion Roberto Duran, is scheduled to face Ryan “The Bull From Hull” Spivey. Duran Jr. brings a 3-2 BKB document and a 12-4 skilled boxing mark into the bout after stopping Austin Spivey at BKB 53 in April. Ryan Spivey, a former Dangerous to the Bone English champion, is 4-2 in bare-knuckle competitors and gained his BKB debut by stopping Sam Clarke in Might.
