BareKnuckle Fighting Championship - June 2, 2018

[gilgamesh]

Bareknuckle Boxing tomorrow for the first time since the 1800's. Is nobody interesting in this?

https://www.bareknuckle.tv/fight-card

[gilgamesh]

Trying to research the records as well as possible.

The bolded are accurate to the best of my knowledge, the ones I haven't bolded I'm not 100% sure on

Ricco Rodriguez is 1-1 (1 KO) as a Pro Boxer...and 54-26 (15 KO's) as an MMA fighter

Lewis Rumsey is 13-15 (5 KO's) as an MMA fighter

Alma Garcia: I believe may be 5-2? But she could also be a girl I've seen that's 0-1...I'm not 100%

I believe Bec Rawlings is 7-8 (1 KO) as an MMA fighter

Sam Shewmaker is 3-0 (0 KO's) as a Pro Boxer

Bobby Gunn: 23-7-1 (20 KO's) as a Pro boxer, and I'm sure many of you know all his claims of Bareknuckle prowess

Irineu Beato Costa Jr: 19-7 (17 KO's)

Eric Prindle: 11-9 (6 KO's) as an MMA fighter

Johnny Bedford: 22-14-1 (9 KO's) as an MMA fighter

Nick Mamalis: 28-13 (9 KO's) as an MMA fighter

Reggie Barnett: 6-1 (2 KO's) as a Pro boxer

Travis Thompson: 7-12-3 (3 KO's) as a Pro boxer...Not 100% sure this is the same Travis Thompson as on the card

Dale Sopi: 6-4 (4 KO's) as an MMA fighter

Estevan Payan: 1-5-1 (1 KO) as a Pro boxer, 17-12 (7 KO's) as an MMA fighter

Omar Avelar: 3-17 (2) as a Pro boxer (I think), 9-11 (3 KO's) as an MMA fighter

DJ Linderman: 2-3 (1 KO) as a Pro Boxer

Arnold Adams: 6-10 (3 KO's) as an MMA fighter...Not 100% sure on this one either

Maurice Jackson: 3-2 (1 KO) as an MMA fighter, yet again not 100% sure

[JCS]

Linderman is/was also an MMA fighter.. and for a while, a solid and underrated one.

[Mexi-Box]

Linderman is/was also an MMA fighter.. and for a while, a solid and underrated one.

Dude has Monson on his record. Only person I recognize.

[BitPlayer]

What ruleset do they use?

[Counter-puncher]

What ruleset do they use?

They fight like no man born of his mother until one man gives best. Emphasis on 'fair play' and a fifty year old man in a woollen vest breaking them up when they clinch.

[Mexi-Box]

Oh, did they recruit Ronny Pickering by any chance?

[bmilligan]

I will probably pass on this one!

[Dottier Charredo]

Excited for this, thanks for all the info!

[Aido]

What ruleset do they use?

They fight like no man born of his mother until one man gives best. Emphasis on 'fair play' and a fifty year old man in a woollen vest breaking them up when they clinch.

Shake hands boys

[Ilya Muromets]

They argue that it is actually safer than modern boxing because the combatants don't punch as hard so as to protect their hands from damage. But the old timers would do things like soak their hands in gasolene (kids, don't try this at home without parental supervision) in order to toughen them up. The Irish Traveler gypsies are devotees of the game. John L. Sullivan was the last official US heavyweight bare knuckle boxing champion in 1889. He was also the first heavyweight modern gloved boxing US champ up until 1892.



John L. Sullivan