Blueface will reportedly make his Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship debut in July.
According to TMZ, the Los Angeles-based rapper agreed to hop in the ring without gloves due to his past with the School Yard Crips Gang, admitting, “I was never boxer. I’m a gang member, so I just fight a lot.”
But just because he’s inexperienced, doesn’t mean he’s not taking the challenge seriously.
“I’ve only been eating grilled and baked stuff lately,” he says. “Yeah, I’m on a diet and everything. I ain’t been smoking, drinking, nothing.”
Blueface then essentially took credit for the celebrity boxing trend, citing his sparring match with YK Osiris in June 2020.
“I don’t know if you guys seen but me and YK Osiris was actually boxing in the backyard for fun, kicks and giggles,” he says. “And that’s really how all of this celebrity boxing came about, in my opinion.”
The celebrity boxing trend has exploded in recent months. On June 19, the “Thotiana” rapper shared a video of himself working with a trainer, throwing a few combinations, swinging on a heavy bag and working on overall conditioning.
Coi Leray, Blueface & Rae Sremmurd's Slim Jxmmi Are Active In The Boxing Gym
Coi Leray and Slim Jxmmi have also recently shown off their in-ring boxing skills on social media. Fans were thoroughly impressed with Leray’s form, leaving comments like, “Crazy thing is she actually throwing her punches with damn near perfect technique.”
Blueface’s first match goes down on July 23 and he thinks he’ll most likely fight another celebrity, saying, “I’m pretty sure it’s either gonna be some type of YouTube or TikTok-er or something of that nature.”
KO’d in the first round, I’m calling it.
Depends on who hes fighting really. If its an actual boxer, then yes, but someone that just started boxing a year or two ago, then doubtful. You bare knuckle in the hood, and although punches are usually wild, some learn to throw and dodge punches. Well see if he really did learn come july. Though, I do hope he gets his ass knocked out in round one, he makes the west look bad.
This is much better than those pillow boxing gloves they been usin’ for celebrity boxing.
If his footwork is anything like his flow, this could be a painful fight to watch.
These guys talking about Blueface getting KO’d. LOL. They got him fighting a 5’2 skinny midget white guy that they will pay to lose. Get it together SMH.
Being a gang member don’t make u a fighter. Majority of them followers rather squeeze triggers than throw hands…Mighty Mongrel Black Power Rebel Comanchero HeadHunter Gang MMBPRCHHF FMMBPRCHH