Bare Knuckle Boxing
The latest coverage from across combat sports.
MMABKB plants its flag in Newcastle behind Terrill’s homecoming, in the same arena where he won a rival promotion’s belt in March
The North Shields heavyweight headlines BKB’s first Tyne card on October 10, seven months after becoming BKFC’s inaugural UK champion in the very same building. A title defence sits underneath, a former IBF world champion returns, and the UK’s two bare-knuckle promotions are now openly shopping in each other’s aisles.
Bare Knuckle BoxingBKB books a championship doubleheader for its Mexico debut, with Tijuana’s own Fernandez headlining at home
The September 19 card at Auditorio Municipal now has both title fights named. The hometown super cruiserweight champion defends against a former three-division king, and a new super flyweight champion gets crowned in the co-main, with a Mexican fighter in position to take the belt in her home country.
Bare Knuckle BoxingBKFC lands Kohl’s licensing deal, dropping apparel into 1,200 stores ahead of Sturgis, Mohegan Sun, and Fenway
The bloodiest promotion in combat sports now shares shelf space with Sonoma Goods For Life. The retail play arrives just as BKFC rolls into its most public month, and it fits a Kohl’s brand-partnership strategy the department store has been building for two years.
Bare Knuckle BoxingTill gets his Romero fight seven years after asking, BKFC 94 lands in Manchester on September 26
Darren Till first called out Romero the Cuban Olympian back in 2019. A UFC pairing never happened. On September 26 at AO Arena, at 190 pounds, on bare knuckles, they finally settle it.
Bare Knuckle BoxingReyno finishes Krejci in the first round of BKFC’s South American debut with Uruguay’s president at ringside
A sold-out Antel Arena, a sitting head of state at ringside, and a hometown finish at 1:29 of round one. BKFC’s first-ever South American card belonged to Gaston “Tonga” Reyno.
Bare Knuckle BoxingBKB president David Tetreault outlines sports entertainment repositioning after Ortiz’s debut in LA
After Victor Ortiz headlined a sold-out Novo at LA Live, the promotion’s president told MyMMAnews the Los Angeles card was the second stop on a four-city summer tour built to reposition BKB as a full sports entertainment operation. London is next.
Bare Knuckle BoxingBKFC 91 Naples wrap: Hunt survives an R1 knockdown to make history, and Europe gets two new belts
Lorenzo Hunt got dropped by a left hook in round one, landed just two punches for the entire opening frame, then walked out of Arena Flegrea three-division champion. Jindrich Byrtus and Tomas Melis added European belts to a card built to plant BKFC’s flag on the continent.
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