The sport of bare-knuckle boxing has been around for so long that there have been far more years where it hasn’t been a “sport” opposed to it being one. Hell, there will never be a time where your typical number of street fights are being outnumbered by professional BKB matches. And one could very well argue… isn’t a street fight just a sloppy, unofficial, BKB match?
However, a sporting aspect to it has been developed over the years. And in the modern-day, a lot more is going in than purely just blood and bone.
When it comes to America, the sport of BKB is still very new as the legalization of the gloveless combat was made official in March of last year. That being only for the state of Wyoming. Shortly after, Mississippi and New Hamshire would join in on the ever-unique festivities. Florida and North Dakota have also since made it legal and more are expected to do the same as time goes on.
As mentioned, bare-knuckle boxing is something that has been taking place around the world in some form or another for decades now. It just wasn’t until the start of 2017 that the place which made it famous, the United Kingdom, would be the first to get a proper organization going.
Continued: The intriguing inner workings of modern day bare-knuckle boxing
