Bare Knuckle Boxing

Bartley Gorman? King of the gypsies.

I heard Paddy Ward say recently that while Gorman was a hard man he never finished anyone in a fight.

No idea if he's telling the truth.

Shaw could certainly take a punch. Lenny hit him with everything but the kitchen sink before he eventually went down. Shaw won the first fight against Lenny on points.

Kimbo Slice was the king of bare knuckle fighting in the USA until Sean " The Cannon " Gannon laid a whooping on him. Gannon was out of shape and by the end of the fight his head and face looked more like a pumpkin. Both men gave it their all but Gannon proved he had the bigger heart. He simply refused to quit. Slice lost his fearsome reputation after that fight. Gannon was the junkyard dog that you don't mess with.

This fight is very brutal and not for the faint hearted.

I think Gannon was a copper wasn't he?

Managed to get a few mma fights after this video went viral.

Didn't that Slice clown try his hand at UFC and get battered?

Put either of those two up against even a very average heavyweight boxer and they'd be out cold in about five minutes.

You can tell they've no conditioning by the way that they were both fucked and wobbling round after the first minute.

Kimbo had a few MMS fights.

Never looked that convincing and got a few kickings.

Think he had a few pro boxing fights too.

B.D.P wrote:I think Gannon was a copper wasn't he?

Managed to get a few mma fights after this video went viral.

Yes Gannon was a copper. The fight actually took place in a police gym and was for $10,000 winner takes all. Slice and his cronies put up half the money and Gannon's copper mates put up the other five.
It was supposed to be bare knuckle only but when Gannon started catching Slice with some liver shots he tried to take Gannon to the ground. Gannon has him round the neck and Slice's entourage are kicking off saying it is illegal even though Slice was the one who instigated the take down.

When the fight went viral on the internet Gannon's superiors found out and he was dismissed from the police. He did get offered to fight in the UFC but he was no good on the ground and got choked out in his second fight.

Slice joined the Ultimate Fighter show but was soundly beaten by Matt Mitrione a former NFL linebacker who is also a total nutjob.

He got sparked out in about 10 seconds by someone too.

B.D.P wrote:He got sparked out in about 10 seconds by someone too.

He did! It was his fourth pro fight in MMA and he got decked by Seth " The Silverback " Petruzelli.

Kimbo's best fights in the cage were against Tank Abbott and Houston Alexander. ( Both fights available on Youtube)

His best bkb fight was the one where he fucks that guys eye up.

Think that's where the nickname Slice came from.

Seth also put down Big Bob Sapp but tore ligaments in his arm at the same time.

Bob Sapp 

Big fucker who shits himself as soon as he gets punched.

Every fight.

B.D.P wrote:Bob Sapp 

Big fucker who shits himself as soon as he gets punched.

Every fight.

True. His only decent performance was against Minotauro who was a truly world class fighter. Sapp weighed 350lb in that fight but Minotauro could take a punch.

He did a few people in K1 iirc.

Ernesto Hoost maybe his best victory.

Mirco CroCop v Bob Sapp. How a liver kick can change a fight.

Brutal kicker.

One of the best knock outs I've seen is him getting kicked in the head 

I remember it well. It was in the UFC against Gonzaga. Everyone thought Mirko would knock him out but Gonzaga gave Mirko some of his own medicine. Mirko was out before he hit the deck and he tore out the ligaments in his ankle. Credit to Herb Dean for spotting his badly twisted ankle and straightening it.

Gonzaga was expected to be too big and strong for Randy but Randy took it to Gonzaga from the off and broke his nose very quickly and basically imposed his will.

Crocop's best days were in Pride. His head kick knockout of The Grim Reaper is one of the best I have ever seen simply because the Reaper was just short of 6ft 6 tall.

Bristol's finest.. James ' The Colossus ' Thompson a debt collector by profession trying to intimidate the Grim Reaper before their Pride fight.

I've seen Thompson talking about that.

Even he was taking the piss out of himself about it