BKB champion Rolando Dy successfully defended his 154-pound title against former boxing champion Paulie Malignaggi with a
second-round knockout at BKB 54 Mayhem in Manchester, England at the AO Arena on Saturday. In a night dedicated to the legacy of Manchester icon Ricky Hatton, Malignaggi was looking to become just the second fighter to win world titles in both gloved and bare knuckle boxing. However, Dy left little doubt that he is among the sport’s elite in his first title defense since winning the title over Liam Rees in Cardiff last December. Dy landed a big right just as round two got underway, and Malignaggi got up, but was clearly not himself, and was KO'd a few seconds later. Dy, along with his father-- former WBC junior lightweight champion Rolando Navarrete-- was honored earlier this month in the Philippines by Manny Pacquiao.
ADDITIONAL RESULTS
In the co-main event, after months of verbal back and forth, BKB welterweight champion Javon Wright defeated Dan Gittens with a dominating victory by second-round knockout...
Dec Spellman, and accomplished traditional boxer, remained undefeated in his Trigon debut with a firs- round knockout of BKB veteran Kevin Greenwood...
After five rounds, American Estevan Partida turned on the gas in the final sixth and stopped Wales’ Kallum Skhane to claim the vacant BKB junior welterweight Championship by TKO...
David Winiarski improved to 7-1 with a defining victory over Bare Knuckle Boing Hall of Famer James Connelly with a second-round corner stoppage...
Danny Mitchell put the Cruiserweight division on notice with a first-round knockout in his debut against fellow UFC veteran Jack Marshman...
Simey Doherty took one step closer to a welterweight title shot with a first-round knockout of former title contender Joe Fitzpatrick...
KO artist Daniel Lerwell picks up his twelfth victory and eleventh stoppage with a first-round TKO over Slovakian Robert Koky...
Scott McHugh improves 16-5 handing BKB newcomer Nick Bass his first bare knuckle loss in an impressive matchup that went the distance with McHugh scoring the unanimous decision...
Dan Catlin picks up his first win in the Trigon with a frist-round knockout of Thomas Mowbray...
Chris Carroll dropped last-minute replacement Kyle Cassidy in the second round. ..
Liam Howell improves to 5-3 and snaps a two-match losing streak with a decisive win over Ryan Meer...
Ryan Spivey defeated Sam Clarke by first-round knockout...
In his professional combat debut, Nathan Conroy defeated Zack Hurt by first-round knockout.
