Cuba’s Alberto Blas will defend the BKB super featherweight title against former featherweight champion Brandon Birr at BKB 58 in Miami on August 29. The matchup gives Blas a chance to extend an 8-0 BKB run in which every victory has ended by KO or TKO.
BKB has confirmed Alberto “El Indio” Blas vs. Brandon “Slaughterhouse” Birr for its August 29 card in Miami, with Blas’ super featherweight belt on the line. The bout is listed as the third fight on the BKB 58 lineup, behind heavyweight headliners Gustavo Trujillo and Mark O’Neil and Yuriorkis Gamboa’s bare-knuckle debut against Frank “The Butcher” Talavera.
Undefeated Alberto Blas Set for Brandon Birr Title Fight at BKB 58
Blas enters as the reigning champion and the unbeaten man in the matchup. The Cuban-born Miami fighter owns an 8-0 BKB record, with all eight wins coming inside the distance. Seven of those finishes have arrived in the opening round, leaving little need for the scorecards during his run through the promotion. His lone BKB win to reach Round 3 came against former champ Harold McQueen, ending via TKO.
The 30-year-old southpaw fights out of Miami after growing up in Matanzas, Cuba. He is listed at 5-foot-8 and has worked with Manny del Rio, Eduardo Concepcion, Vil Vergara and Eric Castaño. His BKB résumé includes stoppages of McQueen, Ruel Panales, Ryan Reber, Keith Richardson, Frank Alvarez, Joao Guerra, Roberto Armas and Jeremiah Potts.
Blas became the inaugural BKB super featherweight champion on January 31 at BKB 50: Evolution in Miami. He was originally due to meet Birr for the vacant belt, but Birr withdrew because of injury. Harold McQueen stepped in, and Blas stopped him to claim the title.
This August fight puts the original title pairing back together, except there is now a champion to chase. Birr is a former titleholder as he previously held the BKB/BYB featherweight championship. The Cleveland fighter beat McQueen by sixth-round disqualification to win the inaugural featherweight title in August 2023, then lost the belt to McQueen by second-round TKO in their February 2024 rematch.
For Blas, this is a first championship defense and another opportunity to keep his perfect finishing streak intact. His record says opponents are usually facing an early night, though Birr brings more championship experience than most fighters Blas has met in BKB.
For Birr, the Miami date is a route back to a belt. He had a title fight with Blas taken away by injury in January, and now gets the chance to take the super featherweight championship from the man who replaced him in the title picture. The bad blood may not need much help here: the belt that could have been Birr’s is now around Blas’ waist.
