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USA Today via Reuters

Luis Palomino, a star from the BKFC has recently expressed his willingness to face Floyd Mayweather inside the boxing ring. The 42-year-old fighter who goes by the nickname of ‘Baboon’, is after a “big money fight” and feels Mayweather is the perfect opponent for him. ‘Baboon’ has several names in his mind. However, he believes a fight with ‘TBE’ would do justice to his “competitive drive”.

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When Mayweather recently squared off against YouTuber Deji, Palomino watched the fight. According to Palomino, despite the ‘fun’ that Mayweather had in the ring, Deji hardly posed a threat. Therefore, the 42-year-old desires to put on gloves and represent Bare Knuckle, rather a “dark side”, in a contest with ‘TBE’.

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BKFC star Luis Palomino contemplates ‘a big money fight’ against Floyd Mayweather in the ring

In his recent interaction with TMZ, Palomino talked about the tantalizing idea of a ‘Money’ fight. There were several names already on his mind. However, the biggest name he has is ‘TBE’.

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I’m looking for the big-money fight. My biggest one that I have in mind, and I think it makes perfect sense, will be Mayweather,” said Luis. Mayweather, who has plans to return to the UK in 2023, has not however said anything about fighting Palomino from the BKFC.

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Although Palomino fights in the BKFC, he will face Mayweather in the latter’s world wearing gloves for the fight. “I’ll put the gloves on,” said Luis. He went on to comment about representing a particular “dark side” against ‘TBE’.

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“And I will represent Bare Knuckle, boxing with the gloves on, but I’m representing the dark side. I like to call it the dark side,” Luis concluded by saying.

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