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  Press Release: June 27, 2024 By BYB Extreme Fighting Series – June 27, 2024 –  Former BYB Lightweight champion Mark “The Shark” Irwin looks to regain his title against the man who took it from him, Julio Tanori, in a rematch of the 2023 Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame Fight of the Year. Credit: BYB Extreme Fighting Series Denver, CO – BYB Extreme Bare Knuckle Fighting Series announced today that it will return to Denver’s Stockyards Event Center September 21 for BYB 31 Stockyard Brawl. Headlining the card will be a rematch for the BYB Lightweight championship between champion Julio Tanori (3-0, 2 KOs) and former champion Mark “The Shark” Irwin (3-1, 2 KOs). The pair put on a showstopping performance last December at the same venue in what was awarded not only the BYB 22 Fight of the Night, but was honored by the Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame’s 2023 Fight of the Year. In that fight, Tanori bested Irwin by 6-round majority decision and, in turn, at 21 became the youngest a...

Press Release: May 8, 2024 By BYB Extreme Bareknuckle Fighting Series - - The groundbreaking US bare knuckle organization based out of Miami, Florida has acquired the  oldest, active bare knuckle company in the world, making BYB the largest company in terms of  roster, library and global reach in the bare knuckle space.  Miami, Florida – BYB Extreme Bare Knuckle Fighting Series Owner and President Mike Vazquez announced today that the company has acquired London-based BKB, the world’s first professional bare  knuckle boxing promotion, who has successfully promoted forty bare knuckle events which are broadcast  in over thirty-five different countries with millions of fans and viewers worldwide. As bare knuckle continues to grow in popularity, and sponsorship of live programming in sports remain at  a premium, John Bryan, a pioneering leader with expertise in media distribution and with more than 20  years working at MGM, Disney and Warner Brothers and w...