{"id":788903,"date":"2026-07-09T09:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788903\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:39:08","slug":"middlesbrough-fighter-ben-bonner-crowned-bkfc-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788903\/","title":{"rendered":"Middlesbrough fighter Ben Bonner crowned BKFC world champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Ben Bonner, from Grove Hill in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/news\/local\/teesside\/middlesbrough\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Middlesbrough<\/a>, became the new Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) Lightweight World Champion after a stunning victory in the US.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a performance on the global stage, he knocked out former boxing world champion Austin Trout in the second round to secure the belt.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The victory marks the pinnacle of Bonner\u2019s bare-knuckle career and adds another major sporting success to Teesside\u2019s growing reputation for producing elite fighters.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Ben Bonner is the new BKFC world champion. (Image: BKFC)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Those close to him say the win is the result of years of hard work, discipline and unwavering self-belief.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Boxing organisations have hailed the achievement as a huge moment not just for Bonner, but for Middlesbrough and the wider North East, with another regional fighter bringing world honours back home.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Fans have been quick to celebrate on social media, describing him as \u201canother North East hero\u201d and praising the way he has represented the area on the world stage.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  For Bonner, the title is proof that a fighter from Middlesbrough can rise all the way to the very top of one of combat sport\u2019s toughest codes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  His success is the latest reminder that the region is at the forefront of raising fighting champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Bonner, from Grove Hill in Middlesbrough, became the new Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) Lightweight World Champion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-788903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}