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Austin Trout seeks third title against English fighter

Las Cruces bare-knuckle fighter Austin Trout battles Yorkshire's Ben Bonner on Friday for the vacant BKFC lightweight title in Philadelphia.

Las Cruces鈥 Austin Trout, right, stares down Albuquerque鈥檚 Diego Sanchez before their April 2023 bare-knuckle fight at Tingley Coliseum. Trout on Friday will face England's Ben Bonner for the vacant BKFC lightweight title.
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Friday

BKFC Liberty Brawl, 6 p.m.

Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia

Austin Trout vs. Ben Bonner, Britain Hart vs. Sarah Shell, several other fights

Streaming: DAZN (subscription service)

Yorkshireman Ben Bonner is not a historian by trade, so he can be forgiven for saying the English burned down the White House during the War of 1912. But on Friday, he鈥檒l try to make a little history of his own by becoming the first man to defeat Las Cruces鈥 Austin Trout in bare-knuckle fighting competition.

Trout, meanwhile, will seek to make personal history by winning his third professional combat-sports title when he and Bonner do battle for the vacant BKFC lightweight title at XFinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.

If Trout is worried, he hid it well during a Wednesday news conference.

鈥淚f you believe in yourself, it doesn鈥檛 matter how many people don鈥檛 believe in you,鈥 Trout said. 鈥溾 I was walking, living proof, a Black kid from New Mexico who was never supposed to be a world champion, let alone two times, let alone three times.

鈥淔riday, I鈥檓 about to do the impossible for the third time.鈥

Trout, 40, won a world boxing title in 2011. After moving to bare-knuckle, he defeated Luis Palomino to claim the BKFC welterweight belt in February 2024. He鈥檚 5-0 in BKFC competition.

Bonner (5-2) is a former BKFC champion with an asterisk, having defeated Tony Soto for the interim lightweight title in June of last year.

Bonner then lost his title bid to Franco Tenaglia, who was stripped of the belt for taking an MMA fight in apparent violation of his BKFC contract. That led to a lightweight 鈥渢ournament鈥 during which Bonner again defeated Soto and Trout beat Palomino for the second time 鈥 setting up Friday鈥檚 title fight.

It鈥檚 a classic boxer-vs-brawler matchup.

Trout, a former amateur boxing national champion and a 2004 Olympic alternate, compiled a 37-5-1 (18 knockouts) record in 18 years as a professional boxer.

Bonner has no listing as a boxer or as an MMA fighter, only his seven bare-knuckle fights. Yet, he believes his punching power can and will overcome Trout鈥檚 skill and experience.

鈥淎ustin is the best opponent for me now, and I know if I want to be called the best I have to fight the best,鈥 Bonner said. 鈥溾 I know I鈥檓 gonna knock him clean out.

鈥淟ike in the the War of 1912 when we burned the White House, we鈥檙e gonna burn this (expletive) house down.鈥

Note to Ben: it was the War of 1812, and the English鈥檚 burning of the White House occurred in August 1814. That war ended essentially in a stalemate.

Trout predicted there鈥檒l be no stalemate at XFinity on Friday.

鈥淚鈥檝e fought the best,鈥 Trout said, addressing Bonner at the news conference, 鈥渁nd you鈥檙e not the best.鈥

Friday鈥檚 card is billed as BKFC Liberty Brawl, and BKFC President David Feldman has brought in Englishmen Bonner and Jake Bostwick for the occasion. Bostwick is matched against Philadelphian Cody Russell.

Trout said he鈥檚 up to the occasion.

鈥淔or David to put me as the representative of the 近距离内射合集 States, to keep this belt here in the 近距离内射合集 States against the Redcoats 鈥 you picked the right one,鈥  Trout said. 鈥淚鈥檓 here to take this belt. No, I鈥檓 here to snatch this belt and keep this belt here in America.

鈥淚 know it鈥檚 a big honor, and I鈥檒l fight like it鈥檚 the biggest honor of my life.鈥