BKFC is transporting it to Boston with Naked Knuckle Promotions, which is scheduled to carry an occasion at Fenway Park on August twenty ninth.
That is the primary bare-knuckle occasion to be held in Massachusetts, and the promotion additionally options the primary card of its variety on the dwelling of the Boston Crimson Sox.
In the primary occasion, BKFC Featherweight Champion Kai Stewart will defend his belt towards New Englander Harry Gigliotti.
“We’re very excited to announce this unprecedented occasion at Fenway Park on Saturday, August twenty ninth,” BKFC Chairman Dave Feldman mentioned in a press launch. “The workforce at Fenway Park has been a terrific workforce to work with on a very must-see occasion on the nationwide martial arts calendar.
“Kai Stewart is among the most gifted bare-knuckle fighters on the planet, and his reign as featherweight world champion has been really distinctive, defeating prime contenders from all over the world. However competing at Fenway Park towards Boston sports activities celebrity Harry Gigliotti, who has additionally seen super progress over the previous three years, would be the hardest problem of Stewart’s profession.”
BKFC has continued to develop and increase into new markets, having beforehand held outside occasions on the Sturgis Motorbike Rally in South Dakota and occasions at bullrings in Spain.
The promotion is at present heading to historic Fenway Park for a bare-knuckle bout in August, with extra matches anticipated to be introduced within the coming weeks.
UFC CEO Dana White has repeatedly mentioned he would by no means wish to maintain an occasion outside after the success of the latest card on the White Home, however BKFC seems to be open to that choice, particularly with the brand new card unveiled at Fenway Park.
