After weathering a heavy barrage in the first round, former IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby won his bare knuckles fighting debut, following up with several knockdowns before finishing Italy's Antonio Rizzo by second-round knockout. Selby-Rizzo headlined BKB 55 in Cardiff at the Vindico Arena in Cardiff, Wales on Saturday night. Other main card results: Dan Lerwell picked up his thirteenth victory and twelfth knockout while handing UFC veteran Danny Mitchell first bare knuckle loss with a second-round KO... In a featured matchup of former champions, England's Dan Podmore outslugged American Jarome Hatch, stopping him in the fifth round by TKO... Iestyn Edwards, age 22, improved to 2-0 with a unanimous decision over Ashley Williams... After a vicious battle, Joe Morgan caught Joe Smith with a right that knocked him out cold in the fifth round. Mark O’Neil stunned BKB #1 heavyweight contender Kamil Sokolowski with a :26 first-round TKO by doctor’s stoppage and... Ash Devenport improved to 2-0 with a five-round unanimous decision over returning veteran Tony Lafferty.
In preliminary matches, Geraint Goodridge defeated Tom Pratt winning by second-round TKO... Wales’ Ethan George improved to 2-0 with a fifth-round split decision over Lithuania’s Kornelijus Sabaliauskas... Claas Lilie was victorious in his bare knuckle boxing debut with a second-round TKO over Dan Matthews.... Ollie Sentance stays undefeated with a second-round TKO of veteran Corey Healey and... Jordan Bell opened up the prelims with a first-round TKO of Tusolo Williams in a matchup of two Trigon newcomers.
