Austin Trout and Luis Palomino are set to rematch in the vacant lightweight title tournament for BKFC and a teammate of the former has weighed in on the sequel clash. The first time the two met was at welterweight as Trout claimed the 165 pound strap from Palomino with the two now set to run it back at 155 pounds on December 5th at BKFC 85.
Someone Trout works with out of Main Street Boxing is ex-BKB heavyweight champion Ike Villanueva who is now on a path eyeing bridgerweight gold down the line. When asked for his thoughts on the Austin Trout versus Luis Palomino rematch coming up, Villanueva said [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“[Austin Trout] has that; just that Aztec warrior fire in him.