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Lester Martinez Calls For Canelo-Mbilli Winner, Talks Terence Crawford Advice & Luka Plantic Fight

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Austin Trout, 40, suffers horror knockout in bare knuckle boxing

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Austin Trout, the former WBC junior middleweight titlist, was savagely knocked out in the second round of Friday’s bare-knuckle bout with Ben Bonner at the BKFC Liberty Brawl at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.

Trout, seemingly celebrating the upcoming July 4 by paying homage to Apollo Creed in Rocky IV, came to the ring wearing the star-spangled outfit as James Brown’s Living in America provided the soundtrack. Creed would meet the worst possible end in the second round against Ivan Drago and Trout, thumped out of consciousness by one brutal blow from Bonner’s right fist, might now regret his ring-walk choices.

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The 40-year-old had previously made a successful transition to BKFC, having won five in a row and winning the welterweight championship, since walking away from gloved boxing in 2023 with a record of 37-5-1 (18 KOs).

Trout defeated the great Miguel Cotto in 2012 and was competitive during points losses to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Erislandy Lara and both Charlo brothers in the following years.

His loss to Bonner, however, provided the latest sad end for once-brilliant boxers who venture into the world of bare knuckle.

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