Monica Medina is a former BKB lightweight champion, and while she looks back on her series with Paty Juarez that saw her become champion, Medina is also looking at her bare-knuckle broadcast in the coming weeks.
Medina’s great trilogy with current BKB lightweight champion Patty Juarez was one of the best competitive series of all time in the world of gloveless fighting. Juarez would put together a 2-1 ledger in her trilogy series with Medina when the dust settled between the two warriors.
Juarez recently won a rematch she had with BKB super lightweight champion Khortni Kamyron, with the latter attempting to become a two-division champion and claim the former’s lightweight title. When asked about her thoughts on that recent fight with Paty Juarez, who captured her Kamyron series, considering their own aforementioned history in the BKB Mighty Trigon, Monica Medina said [via Bowks Talking Bouts],
“Man, I’m happy for her [Paty Juarez]. She is such a wonderful person. I was rooting for her. Honestly, I would love to fight her again [laughs] because I want that last one back. I know I won the first one. I won the title from her and then lost it in Denver. I would love to fight her again, but that won’t happen on my last one, but I’m super happy for her. She’s such a cool person, you know. I’m happy she won and I’m looking forward to seeing her fight again.”
Monica Medina on her BKB fight in January “It’s a good fight to just end the bare-knuckle career”
Teasers have been pushed around for this bare-knuckle swansong fight, as the interview was conducted prior to the official announcement, with Medina stating [via Bowks Talking Bouts],
“They just said they were going to be here in Biloxi on January 9th. So I said, ‘Well, you know, that’s my hometown.’ Sign me up. That will be the last with you.” It’s the last fight of my contract, so it’s a good fight to end my career with bare fists.”
Medina will co-headline BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing’s Bally’s Fightnight with Monica Franco in the first quarter of 2026 as the promotion takes over Mississippi.
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