Tickets Now On-Sale for BKFC-40 -- Leeds UK
Philadelphia, PA (March 10, 2023) Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), The World’s Fastest Growing Combat Sports Promotion, makes their triumphant return for the fourth time to the United Kingdom with BKFC-40 – Leeds, UK set for Saturday, April 22.
Emanating from the Planet Ice Leeds, BKFC-40 – Leeds, UK is headlined by an outstanding welterweight battle between Former World Title Challenger, Elvin ‘El Bandido’ Brito, (5-3), of Puerto Rico and popular, former professional boxer Jamie Cox of Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. Co-featured at BKFC-40 – Leeds, UK in the cruiserweight division, Anthony Holmes,
(4-0-1), of Castleford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom enters the squared circle against cross-country arch-rival, undefeated Danny Christie, (2-0), of Carlisle, United Kingdom.
Tickets for BKFC-40 – Leeds, UK starting at £65.87 are Now On-Sale and can be purchased at BKFC.com. The Planet Ice Leeds is located at Elland Road, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 0EY, United Kingdom. Doors will open on the night of the event at 7:00 p.m. BST.
BKFC-40 – Leeds, UK will also be broadcast internationally as part of the BKFC+ Subscription for $7.99 per month on the New BKFC App – The Best Value in Combat Sports and is sponsored by Only Fans, Crescent Tools, LIONS NOT SHEEP and Knockout Gummies.
“This will be our fourth event in the United Kingdom in the last nine months which truly speaks to the rapid growth of BKFC in the historic home of bare-knuckle fighting,” said David Feldman, President and Founder of BKFC. “Our event last Saturday not only was attended by a huge on-site crowd in London, in addition the viewership exploded on our broadcast app with fans watching from all over Europe, the United States, Central and South America and Asia.”
Ranked #1 in the welterweight division, Puerto Rican native Brito looks to bounce back into the win column after a valiant world title challenge against BKFC #1 Pound-for-Pound Champion Luis Palomino on June 24, 2022 at BKFC-22. His ledger also includes sensational wins over Kaleb Harris (twice), Julio Garcia, Brad Kelly and Harris Stephenson. Sporting a professional boxing record of 25-2 with fourteen knockouts, southpaw Jamie Cox will be making his first foray in bare-knuckle fighting. Among the world champions and top contenders Cox faced in the professional boxing ranks over eleven years include George Groves, Lewis Taylor and John Ryder.
The popular Anthony Holmes hits the BKFC ring once again following an impressive debut; a fourth-round knockout of previously undefeated Darren Hendry. Prior to his BKFC debut against Hendry, Holmes had built a record of 3-0-1 in regional bare-knuckle battles. The hard-hitting Christie has scored knockouts in his first two BKFC starts; a second-round stoppage of Terry Brazier on August 20, 2022 at BKFC’s debut United Kingdom event and a first rounder against Darren Godfrey Jr. on November 26, 2022.
Additional fights on this tremendous card will be announced shortly.
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About Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC)
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is the first promotion allowed to hold a legal, sanctioned, and regulated bare knuckle event in the United States since 1889. Based in Philadelphia, and headed by President and former professional boxer David Feldman, BKFC is dedicated to preserving the historical legacy of bare knuckle fighting, while utilizing a specifically created rule set that emphasizes fighter safety. BKFC holds all of its bouts in a revolutionary circular four-rope ring, designed to encourage fast-paced and exciting bouts. The patented BKFC “Squared Circle” contains scratch lines, based on the Broughton Rules which governed bare knuckle fighting in the 19th century, and which requires fighters to “Toe the Line”: start every round face to face, and just inches apart.
In BKFC, only those fighters who are established professionals in boxing, MMA, kickboxing, or Muay Thai are allowed to compete. The referees and judges are required to have extensive professional combat sports experience. All fights are held under the auspices and control of an Athletic Commission. Unlike other fighting organizations and combat sports internationally which claim to be “bare knuckle”, but require wraps, tape, and gauze; BKFC is true to its word as fighters are not allowed to wrap their hands to within one inch of the knuckle. This makes BKFC unquestionably the truest form of bare knuckle fighting. BKFC is dedicated to not just creating the safest, most exciting, and highest-level bare-knuckle fighting organization in the world, it’s also leading the way for a new fully recognized professional combat sport. BKFC is truly the sport of the future, which fully respects its remarkable past.
