Derrick Findley has never backed down from a challenge. The Chicago product always fought the toughest opponents available throughout his extended professional gloved boxing career. His battle-tested record of 36-31-1 includes 25 wins by KO. The 41 year-old lost to Hall of Famer Andre Ward in 2006. “My record shows that I’ve always fought nothing but the toughest; I’ve never tried to get any easy fights at all,” Findley says. “My goal was always to get to the top, and I believe the only way to get there is by taking on the best of the best.” Findley’s philosophy has carried through to his BKFC career. He returns to the squared circle against Cameron VanCamp on Saturday at Horseshoe Hammond in Hammond, Indiana, streamed live worldwide on The BKFC App.

 

The six-time BKFC vet Findley has won two of his last three fights, including a December victory over fan-favorite Joe Elmore in Elmore’s hometown of Atlanta, GA. Findley is hungry to rebound from his most recent battle — his April loss to Bryce Henry in Omaha, NE. Henry is widely regarded as one of BKFC’s most dangerous fighters on the BKFC roster and fights Roderick Stewart in the main event of Saturday’s offering in Hammond. “I’ve never been worried about anybody when I step in there. A man is a man, you know what I mean? I don’t care what your reputation is, or your record,” he says. “None of that matters to me. If you’re a fighter, you’re a fighter.”

 

Findley is gunning for his third stoppage victory in the BKFC Squared Circle on Saturday. “My goal is to knock him out,” he offers. “I don’t study my opponents or anything like that. I just get in there and whatever happens, happens. But, personally, I think I’m going to knock him out.”

 

Findley isn’t looking past his hotly anticipated matchup with VanCamp, but he still has big goals with BKFC. “I want to have that BKFC world title belt around my waist — maybe even in more than one division,” he says. “I want to go down as one of the greatest bare knuckle fighters ever.”