Chris Camozzi faces Andrea Bicchi in the main event of BKFC 73, live on DAZN on Saturday, April 26 from Palazzo Wanny in Florence, Italy. The pair square off in a scheduled five-round bare-knuckle boxing bout with the cruiserweight title on the line.
Camozzi (3-1, 3 KOs) of Alameda, CA makes the first defense of his 205-pound belt. Bicchi (4-1) of Italy challenges for the strap on short notice, replacing Lorenzo Hunt, who withdrew from the rematch against Camozzi due to injury.
In the co-main event, Rico Franco (9-3, 7 KOs) of England meets Liverpool-based Irishman Jimmy Sweeney (19-4, 13 KOs) in a trilogy fight at welterweight. Franco defeated Sweeney in November 2019; the latter took revenge in September 2021. The pair battle it out for the BKFC European title.
Also on the BKFC 73 card is a heavyweight matchup between Haze Hepi of New Zealand and Steve Banks (4-2) of Hickory, North Carolina. Another contest at cruiserweight pits Ernesto Papa of Italy against Toni Estorer (1-1) of Germany. Plus, Nicole Schaefer (1-0, 1 KO) of Germany and Sara Bitto (1-0) of Italy clash at bantamweight.
BKFC 73 Italy live blog
BKFC 73 Italy start time
BKFC 73 Italy airs live on DAZN. The start time in the U.S. is 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT. The local start time in Italy is 7:00 PM CEST.
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BKFC 73 Italy results
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Main card (2:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM CEST)
- Chris Camozzi vs. Andrea Bicchi
- Rico Franco vs. Jimmy Sweeney
- Haze Hepi vs. Steve Banks
- Ernesto Papa vs. Toni Estorer
- Navid Mansouri vs. Ruslan Tokhtarov
- Jindrich Byrtus vs. Arbi Chakaev
- Jesus De Nazaret vs. Tomas Melis
- Nicole Schaefer vs. Sara Bitto
- Walter Pugliesi vs. Dominik Herold
Prelims (1:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM CEST)
- Marco Giustarini vs. Zdravko Dimitrov
- Giovanni Carpentieri vs. Josef Hala
- Enzo Tobbia vs. Michael Igwegbe