One of Texas's brightest prospects returns to the ring on September 16th. The undefeated Darius "DFG" Fulghum, 6-0 (6), looks to keep his perfect knockout streak against rugged Mexican contender Ricardo Adrian Luna (25-10-2, 16 KOs) at Commerce Casino and Hotel in Los Angeles.
Fulghum, a 26-year-old Light heavyweight from Houston, last fought in San Antonio on the undercard of Floyd Schofield vs. Haskell Rhodes. DFG made quick work of an overmatched opponent named Jeremiah Curtright. The Houstonian stopped his man in the third round. Currently, Fulghum is a promotional free agent but has found a home fighting in big cards in Texas and has fought on Golden Boy Cards the last two times the promotional outfit was in the Lone Star State. He stopped Jay Williams in two rounds in April in Arlington on the undercard Of William Zepeda vs. Jaime Arboleda.
September 16th will be the fourth fight in five months for Fulghum, and it will also be his first eight-rounder. On top of all that, it's by far the toughest and most experienced fighter Fulghum has ever been with. However, the Texan is unphased saying, “ I’d like to ramp it up even more because it builds my experience. I haven’t suffered any damage in my fights, and I’m always in the gym training.” In regards to stopping every man he has been in with thus far in his career, Fulghum felt no pressure to extend the streak and said “I’m not putting pressure on myself to get a knockout. Every fighter will tell you, that if a knockout comes, it comes. My style is wear-and-tear to break down my opponent. Will I take a knockout? Yes, but I’m not planning for it.”