Bare Knuckles, Bearing a Grudge

Planned bare knuckle boxing fight cops blow

A bare knuckle boxing fight planned for Perth has faced a blow, with the Combat Sport Commission not allowing it to continue.

Australian-first bare-knuckle fighting event denied for Perth

The WA Combat Sports Commission declines an application for professional bare-knuckle boxing fights.

Bare knuckles, bearing a grudge

It’s just the kind of scrap bare-knuckle fight fans pay tickets to see. William Albrecht said on Wednesday that his dislike for Kyle McElroy is not mere hype.

Saffioti doesn’t like it, but won’t stop bare knuckle fight

Rita Saffioti has called it premature, but not unusual, after tickets went on sale for Australia’s first sanctioned bare knuckle fight, despite doctors’ pleas for her to stop it going ahead in Perth.

State Opposition praises rejection of bare-knuckle fighting in WA

The WA Opposition have praised Combat Sports Australia for refusing to allow a controversial bare-knuckle fighting event to take place in Western Australia. The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship was planned to take place on the nineteenth of July in Perth this year, making it the national debut of the sport. The Shadow Minister for Sport and Recreation, Peter Rundle, said that he “welcomed[d] the news” that the event will not go ahead.         …