Gustavo Trujillo and Cub Hawkins put their titles on the line at BYB 34!
BYB Extreme is closing out 2024 with a bang! A championship doubleheader with their new heavyweight champion Gustavo Trujillo taking on formerly BKB's heavyweight champ Richie Leak. Then in the co-main event, they have the cruiserweight king Cub Hawkins defending his strap against number 1 contender Zion Tomlinson. It'll all go down in Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA on December 6th, 2024 at BYB 34.
It doesn't take much to sell a heavyweight championship and when it comes to Trujillo who's knocked out everyone he's faced, it doesn't get any easier. He's on a destruction path and Leak is standing in his way. Maybe he will be the first one to give the "Cuban Assassin" some problems.
As for the co-main, Bare Knuckle Nation has the inside scoop to get you excited about that one. During the build-up to Cub's last fight, Tomlinson commented on one of our Instagram posts regarding Hawkins, with a trash-can emoji. Cub responded in our direct messages saying, "He's trash and I refuse to speak his name." While he didn't technically call him out, he will have to stand across from him in the Mighty Trigon.
Here is the official press release from BYB.
Announcing: BYB 34 Brawl in the Pines IV to be Headlined with Two BYB Police Gazette Diamond Belt Championship Match-Ups
BYB’s Pound-For-Pound Baddest Bare Knuckle Fighter on the Planet, “The Cuban Assassin” Gustavo Trujillo, to Take on Reigning BKB Heavyweight Champion, UK’s Richie “The Viking” Leak to Unify the BYB Heavyweight Police Gazette Diamond Belt; BYB Cruiserweight Police Gazette Diamond Belt Champion Cub “The Savage” Hawkins to Defend his Title against Number 1 Contender Zion Tomlinson at BYB 34.
MIAMI, FLORIDA – BYB Extreme, the biggest and baddest bare knuckle company on the planet, announced today that BYB 34 Brawl in the Pines IV will be held Friday, December 6 in South Florida at the Charles F. Dodge Center in Pembroke Pines. First bell will sound at 7:30 PM ET with live broadcasts on Fuse TV, BeIN Sports and The Fight Network beginning at 8 PM ET. Live International PPV will be available at bkbworld.tv.
BYB Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame matchmaker Mel Valenzuela and BYB Head of European Operations Jim Freeman announced that the BYB 34 main event will feature BYB’s reigning heavyweight champion Gustavo “The Cuban Assassin” Trujillo (Miami, FL by way of Cuba) against the outgoing and reigning BKB heavyweight champion Richie “The Viking” Leak (United Kingdom) in the first title unification match since BYB’s acquisition of the London-based BKB this past May 2024.
Trujillo boasts a 6-0 bare knuckle record with 6 first-round knockouts. He won the BYB Heavyweight title this past July in New Orleans by taking out champion Ike Villanueva at BYB 28 in New Orleans. Said Trujillo on the matchup:
"December 6 will be epic, and, once again, I will prove that I am the best pound-for-pound bare knuckle fighter in the world. I’ve beaten the best the US has to offer, and beating Europe’s best will be business as usual. To do so in my hometown, the city that has given me everything - Miami - is just going to make victory even sweeter.”
Leak (4-1, 3 KOs) defeated a tough, experienced foe in Dan Podmore by third-round TKO this past March in Wolverhampton for the BKB Heavyweight title, and is ready to use his tenacity and experience to take it to Trujillo:
“He's a great fighter and is due much respect, but he’s also never been past the first round and I am as tough as they come. I’ve proven time and time again that I just keep going. I’m battle-hardened, it’s time to see if he is too.”
The BYB 34 co-main event will feature two of the youngest stars in bare knuckle as former two-division champion and reigning BYB Cruiserweight Police Gazette Diamond Belt holder, 26-year-old Cub “The Savage” Hawkins (5-1, 5 KOs), defends his title against the number one contender, 24-year-old Zion Tomlinson. Hawkins is coming off a tough fight of the night performance at BYB 29, and is eager to defend his Cruiserweight belt. Tomlinson, who is undefeated in the Trigon, earned his title shot at BYB 26 when he defeated Uly Diaz in a title eliminator match.
The always business-like Hawkins is looking to re-assert his dominance in the Trigon:
“It’s comeback season, and I’m already at the top, so he must fall. Y’all truly don’t know what my last fight did to me and I’ll never lose again because of it. I’m coming.”
Tomlinson has said previously:
“I was written off and BYB gave me an opportunity and I'm making the most of it. I’m not even in my prime and feel like I’m one of the best bare knuckle fighters on the planet.
He added, “This is the end for Cub at 185.”
Card subject to change. More fights to be announced soon, and tickets to go on sale shortly. Follow @bybextreme on all social media or visit bybextreme.com for more information.
ABOUT BYB
Originating in South Florida with backyard legend Dada 5000, whose backyard fights gained worldwide popularity online, BYB was founded to harness the excitement of bare knuckle fighting into a more structured product for a wider, more mainstream audience. Since 2015, BYB has worked diligently to grow the reach of bare knuckle on both a domestic and international level, hosting events in Wyoming, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, London, Wales, and Dubai, and is continuing to work with athletic commissions throughout the United States and globally to expand the fanbase growing sport of bare knuckle fighting. In May 2024, BYB acquired London-based BKB, the world’s first professional bare knuckle boxing promotion, who has successfully promoted forty bare knuckle events which were broadcast in over thirty-five different countries with millions of fans and viewers worldwide.For more information on BYB, visit bybextreme.com and follow @bybextreme on social.
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