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One of Las Cruces' own has added another win to his résumé.
Austin Trout retained his welterweight championship in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship for a second time on Friday, defeating fellow American fighter Carlos Trinidad-Snake by a split decision after six rounds. The first five rounds resulted in a draw, necessitating an extra round. The fight was the main event of "BKFC 71 Dubai Day 1: Trout vs. Trinidad-Snake" held at the Dubai Tennis Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Trinidad-Snake, the BKFC's No. 2 ranked welterweight and top contender to Trout's championship, won 58-55 on one judge's scorecard. However, Trout won 58-55 and 57-56 on the other two scorecards to earn the victory. Trinidad-Snake scored the fight's only knockdown in the first round, while Trout landed more punches at 93-73 despite throwing seven fewer punches than his opponent at 161-154.
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Trout made his first title defense last October against Ricardo Franco and won the championship in February 2024 against Luis Palomino. He's currently ranked as the BKFC's No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter behind only BKFC middleweight champion David Mundell.
The 39-year-old improved his bare-knuckle fighting record to 4-0 with the win. He made his debut fight in the BKFC on Feb. 17, 2023, defeating Diego Sanchez by a fourth-round technical knockout in Albuquerque.
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Trout, nicknamed "No Doubt", graduated from Mayfield High School in Las Cruces before embarking on a successful boxing career. He was the U.S. National amateur welterweight champion in 2004 and won the World Boxing Council's Continental Americas light middleweight championship in 2009. He held the World Boxing Association's light middleweight championship from Feb. 2011 to April 2013 and holds a professional record of 37-5-1 in boxing after last fighting in Oct. 2023.
This article originally appeared on Las Cruces Sun-News: Las Cruces native Austin Trout defends BKFC welterweight title again
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Austin Trout retained his welterweight championship in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship for a second time on Friday, defeating fellow American fighter Carlos Trinidad-Snake by a split decision after six rounds. The first five rounds resulted in a draw, necessitating an extra round. The fight was the main event of "BKFC 71 Dubai Day 1: Trout vs. Trinidad-Snake" held at the Dubai Tennis Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Trinidad-Snake, the BKFC's No. 2 ranked welterweight and top contender to Trout's championship, won 58-55 on one judge's scorecard. However, Trout won 58-55 and 57-56 on the other two scorecards to earn the victory. Trinidad-Snake scored the fight's only knockdown in the first round, while Trout landed more punches at 93-73 despite throwing seven fewer punches than his opponent at 161-154.
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Trout made his first title defense last October against Ricardo Franco and won the championship in February 2024 against Luis Palomino. He's currently ranked as the BKFC's No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter behind only BKFC middleweight champion David Mundell.
The 39-year-old improved his bare-knuckle fighting record to 4-0 with the win. He made his debut fight in the BKFC on Feb. 17, 2023, defeating Diego Sanchez by a fourth-round technical knockout in Albuquerque.
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Trout, nicknamed "No Doubt", graduated from Mayfield High School in Las Cruces before embarking on a successful boxing career. He was the U.S. National amateur welterweight champion in 2004 and won the World Boxing Council's Continental Americas light middleweight championship in 2009. He held the World Boxing Association's light middleweight championship from Feb. 2011 to April 2013 and holds a professional record of 37-5-1 in boxing after last fighting in Oct. 2023.
This article originally appeared on Las Cruces Sun-News: Las Cruces native Austin Trout defends BKFC welterweight title again
Continue reading...
