WARRIORS HEART doc about why boxers are turning to bare knuckle

Ex team GB boxer, could not get fights as pro so went to bare knuckle. Great documentary

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Like I said again and again: Bare knuckle preys on the vulnerable, and no one in the sport has longevity due to the brutality.

BKFC is the biggest promotion out there, here are their current champions who have had 10 or more career fights:
Britain Hart 11-3
Christine Ferea 12-1
Lorenzo Hunt 14-2
David Mundell 10-2
Kai Stewart 10-0

So, out of 13 champions only 5 have managed to fight more than 10 times in their bare knuckle careers, and only one of them has managed 15 fights.

I liked bare knuckle at first, but now I see it for what it is, and I think it should be banned again.

 

I presume its because they have got their experience in other types of combat sports like boxing Mma etc

 

BKB is the last resort for many fighters that either could not make it or are too old.

Hart couldn’t make it in boxing and Hunt and Ferea couldn’t make it in MMA so this was the last resort for them to be a professional fighter. Good for them I guess.

 

It gave Arlovski somewhere to go.

 

That’s right, I forgot about him, he been doing pretty good in BKB

 

Its funny because bkf is safer than boxing because of its brutality. Boxing gloves/padding lead to cte/parkinsons bc of the repeated damage. BKF is too brutal for repeated blows. Kinda funny how that works...bit of a paradox

 

Nah, I don´t believe this for a second; look at the amount of knockdowns in every event. These guys are fighting like they are wearing gloves.

 

Stupid idea breaking your hands sucks so much

 

Arlovski has fought in bare knuckle twice, both times against men in their 40s, in his own age bracket. The moment he faces a younger contestant he gets brutally KO´d

 

I agree. But this is also another reason why BKB is his last resort as a professional fighter, he’s just too old. I doubt we ever see any real young talent go to BKB instead of boxing or MMA.

 

The reason why they do that is because they are reinforcing their ligaments and joints with wraps and tape. That's not Bareknuckle, that's gloveless Boxing with FORTIFIED hands and wrists.

Bareknuckle Boxing is not really Bareknuckle if you use wraps imo.

 

Its not rlly about that. A career in BKB is a fraction of pro fighting because its so violent. Bkb cant spar like boxers can, can hardly have a double digit career. Boxers have hand wraps and bloated gloves that soften punches and allow extensive prolonged exposure to hitting the brain. Thats where punch-drunk comes from.

 

They don’t wrap the knuckles so it’s “bare knuckle” even though they wrap the hand.