Yampier Ramirez stayed good at BKB 58, ending his first assembly with Triston Harrison with a heavy left hook within the opening spherical. The Cuban featherweight champion is now 5-0 in BKB Naked Knuckle Boxing, with each win coming by knockout or TKO.
Yampier Ramirez Stays Excellent at 5-0 With Thunderous BKB 58 Knockout
Ramirez met Harrison in an excellent featherweight bout at Miami’s James L. Knight Heart on August 29, testing himself at 130 kilos for the primary time in his combat-sports profession. He didn’t want lengthy to make an impression. After simply 1 minute and 24 seconds of spherical one, Ramirez linked with the left hook that completed the competition and handed Harrison a loss in his bare-knuckle debut.
The end was one other quick night time within the Trigon for the Cuban athlete who entered the occasion with 4 straight stoppages. His fifth adopted the identical sample, with Ramirez setting the tempo and discovering the clear shot earlier than the combat might settle into an extended change. The video reveals the influence of the hook, as Harrison is unable to proceed after being caught flush.
Ramirez had been clear within the build-up that he needed to make an announcement in entrance of a Miami crowd. The 22-year-old, who’s Cuban-born and primarily based in Hialeah, stated the prospect to compete in a metropolis with a big Cuban neighborhood added to the event. He additionally described BKB 58 as an opportunity to see how his physique and elegance translated on the tremendous featherweight restrict.
“I’m hella excited to be again,” Ramirez stated earlier than the occasion. “Primarily as a result of I’m again on the town.” He added that competing at 130 kilos was about “testing the waters,” having by no means beforehand fought at that weight in both novice or skilled competitors.
The win builds on Ramirez’s title-winning efficiency at BKB 52 in March, when he stopped then-unbeaten Ash Williams within the second spherical to assert the vacant BKB featherweight championship. That consequence made Ramirez the youngest champion in BKB historical past, and his win over Harrison retains the momentum going with out placing his featherweight belt on the road.
His BKB run started in August 2024 with a first-round stoppage of Kendell Ward. He adopted it with one other first-round TKO in opposition to Trey Howard, then stopped former champion Brandon Birr in spherical two. The Williams victory made it 4 straight finishes and introduced him the featherweight title. Harrison grew to become the fifth man in that sequence to depart with out listening to the ultimate bell.
BKB 58 was stuffed with early finishes, with 10 of the 12 fights ending by knockout or TKO. Ramirez’s bout was a part of a card that included title wins for heavyweight champion Gustavo Trujillo, tremendous featherweight champion Alberto Blas and cruiserweight champion Yunieski Gonzalez. Trujillo stopped Mick Terrill in spherical two, whereas Blas and Gonzalez each scored first-round knockouts.
