A son of a former world heavyweight champion will look to proceed his father’s legacy after placing pen to paper on a brand new promotional deal.
The heavyweight division has been house to plenty of main stars through the years, with boxing legends akin to Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis all claiming world honours.
Out of these 4, solely Lewis was in a position to retire having defeated each man he ever confronted, however he did must avenge two defeats, one in every of them coming towards Hasim Rahman in 2001.
Rahman knocked out Lewis inside 5 rounds to win the WBC and IBF heavyweight belts, earlier than ending his profession with a last file of fifty wins from 62 fights.
His son Hasim Rahman Jr then adopted in his father’s footsteps, having had 17 skilled fights up to now, while additionally as soon as being set to tackle Jake Paul, however it can now be the flip of Sharif Rahman to try to take that highlight after becoming a member of BKB Naked Knuckle Boxing.
Sharif Rahman is unbeaten in his skilled profession, successful all 9 of his bouts, and he’s wanting ahead to testing his abilities in a brand new surroundings.
“I’ve carried this household title my entire profession and I’ve by no means misplaced. Naked knuckle is a brand new check, no gloves, no excuses, simply pure ability and coronary heart, and I’m bringing my undefeated file to BKB to show I belong among the many finest within the trigon.”
Rahman joins the likes of Victor Ortiz, JoJo Diaz and Lee Selby who’ve not too long ago joined forces with BKB Naked Knuckle Boxing.
