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Credit: BKB Bareknuckle Boxing  Press Release: June 17, 2025 By BKB Bareknuckle Boxing - Miami, Florida - Former IBF junior welterweight and WBA welterweight champion Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi announced today his return to fighting, signing a three-fight deal with BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing in hopes of becoming a 2-sport world champion and adding the historic Police Gazette Diamond Belt to his collection.   Malignaggi, who has served as BKB’s color commentator and lead analyst since 2021, will fight in the BKB Super Welterweight division and is slated to return to action and make his Trigon debut at BKB 45 on September 6 in Bristol, England.   Malignaggi, born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Sicily, holds a professional boxing record of 36-8 and has fought some of the biggest names in the sport including Miguel Cotto, Shawn Porter, Adrian Broner, Ricky Hatton and Zab Judah.   He notes that while it would be easy to leverage his name for an immediate ...

Press Release: February 12, 2025 By BYB Extreme Fighting Series-   VICE SPORTS AND BYB BARE KNUCKLE BOXING REACH LANDMARK MULTI-YEAR MEDIA RIGHTS AGREEMENT Surging Combat Sport to be VICE TV’s First-Ever Live Event Series Credit: BYB Extreme Fighting Series  NEW YORK (Feb. 13, 2025) - VICE TV today announced it has reached a landmark multi-year media rights agreement with BYB Bare Knuckle Boxing, the world's oldest and largest bare knuckle fighting company. VICE Sports will televise 13 live events in prime time this year, with most airing on Saturday nights, kicking off with BYB 37 Denver Brawl IV on Feb. 22. BYB will have the distinction of being VICE TV's first live sports event series as the 40M plus subscriber cable television network continues its programming shift to a sports-first model. Since its inception, BYB has continuously given fight fans what they truly want: the best fighters in the world, taking the gloves off and facing one another in the old...

Press Release: October 31, 2024 By BYB Extreme Fighting Series- MIAMI, FLORIDA – BYB Extreme Fighting Series, the modern-day originators of bare knuckle fighting in the United States and largest bare knuckle fighting organization in the world, announced today that veteran boxing journalist and media personality Gareth A. Davies will join the BYB commentating team in an official capacity in 2025. Gareth, who worked with BKB - the pioneering UK-based organization that was acquired by BYB this past May, will serve in various roles with the organization including as an on-air analyst, interviewer, and social and multi-media personality.   Gareth joins an all-star trans-Atlantic broadcast team that includes a who’s who in combat sports: play-by- play announcers Mike Goldberg, Tom Ross and Claudia Trejos, color commentators Paulie Malinaggi and Benny Ricardo, ring announcer Kody “Big Mo” Mommaerts, and host and interviewer Danielle “Summer Rae” Moinet.   Said BYB CEO Greg Bloom, “G...

Credit: BYB Extreme Fighting Series  Press Release: September 21, 2024 By BYB Extreme Fighting Series - BYB’s Pound-For-Pound Baddest Bare Knuckle Fighter on the Planet, “The Cuban Assassin” Gustavo Trujillo, to Take on Reigning BKB Heavyweight Champion, UK’s Richie “The Viking” Leak to Unify the BYB Heavyweight Police Gazette Diamond Belt; BYB Cruiserweight Police Gazette Diamond Belt Champion Cub “The Savage” Hawkins to Defend his Title against #1 Contender Zion Tomlinson.   MIAMI, FLORIDA – BYB Extreme, the biggest bare knuckle company on the planet, announced today that BYB 34 Brawl in the Pines IV will be held Friday, December 6 in South Florida at the Charles F. Dodge Center in Pembroke Pines. First bell will sound at 7:30 PM ET with live broadcasts on Fuse TV, BeIN Sports and The Fight Network beginning at 8 PM ET. Live International PPV is available at bkbworld.tv.   BYB Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame matchmaker Mel Valenzuela and BYB Head of Europ...