James DeGale’s bare-knuckle career got off to a winning start on Saturday night.
The Olympic gold medal-winning former boxing world champion fought Matty Floyd at BKFC 81.
It was his first fight since retiring after being outpointed by Chris Eubank Jr. in February 2019.
James DeGale quickly found out that bare-knuckle is nothing like the ‘sweet science’ he is used to.
Photo by Al Bello/Getty ImagesJames DeGale’s wild BKFC debut
The referee deducted four points from the fighters over the course of five eventful rounds at the AO Arena in Manchester, England.
Matty Floyd could’ve been disqualified for landing a blatant head butt on James DeGale at the end of round one.
Members of both teams swarmed the ring as an all-out brawl threatened to break out at BKFC 81.
Thankfully, the heated situation was calmed down, and Floyd was docked two points for his egregious foul.
Both fighters lost a point each in round three, which made for some pretty interesting scorecards when they went the distance.
Ultimately, DeGale walked away with a unanimous decision (48-43, 48-43, 47-44) to start his new career with a win.
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Conor McGregor has warned Mike Perry he could be fired from BKFC next weekend.
‘Platinum’ is set to face fellow ex-UFC star Jeremy Stephens in the main event of BKFC 82 on October 4.
A poor performance could kill his bare-knuckle career, but Aaron Chalmers doesn’t want to see that.
The Geordie Show star TKO’d Jack Fincham to win BKFC’s battle of the reality TV fighters on Saturday night.
Post-fight, Chalmers begged Conor McGregor to keep Perry on the roster no matter what happens in his next fight.
“I want Mike Perry,” he said.
“Or, you know, Terry Brazier.
“Whatever works for you, Conor!”