{"id":63112,"date":"2022-02-22T11:57:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T11:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=63112"},"modified":"2022-02-22T11:57:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T11:57:57","slug":"british-bare-knuckle-boxing-champion-brings-brutal-hybrid-boxing-show-to-penarth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/02\/22\/british-bare-knuckle-boxing-champion-brings-brutal-hybrid-boxing-show-to-penarth\/","title":{"rendered":"British bare-knuckle boxing champion brings \u2018brutal\u2019 hybrid boxing show to Penarth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets-are-moving-fast-for-the-fight-night-on-saturday\"><strong>Tickets are moving fast for the fight night on Saturday<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>BARE-KNUCKLE boxer Craig \u2018Rocky\u2019 Morgan is bringing &#8220;brutal&#8221; hybrid boxing to genteel Penarth this weekend as he hosts Welsh Combat Series 2 at the Vale Sports Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, which is expected to be attended by more than 1,000 spectators, will be the second hybrid boxing show in Wales after Morgan\u2019s inaugural card back in October at the Neath Sports Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hybrid boxing has the same rules as traditional gloved boxing except that bouts are fought in four-ounce MMA gloves, rather than 10-12 ounce boxing gloves, lending to an unforgiving and faster-paced contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan, who is the current BKB British bare-knuckle boxing champion, set up Welsh Combat Series with close friend Shaun Seery as a way of filling a gap in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Welsh Combat Series 2 Hybrid Boxing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"about:blank\" 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night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cExpect plenty of blood and violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bridgend man has made a career out of that very style of fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 80 amateur boxing bouts and three professional outings, Morgan decided to ditch the gloves and fight bare-knuckle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since starting his new career he has gone 5-0 in the sport and recently won the prestigious BKB British flyweight title in a one-sided beating of Lewis Gallant back in September 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"BKB22 | LEWIS GALLANT V CRAIG MORGAN | BARE KNUCKLE BOXING\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ehfcCNn4PQo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; 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railway maintenance worker from Rhondda Valley, is donating his entire purse to charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery time I fight, I raise money for cancer charities,\u201d said Griffiths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor this fight, I am donating my entire purse to the Velindre Cancer Centre &#8211; it is just my way of giving back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBefore all this, I used to box as a child then I was knocked over by a motorbike and doctors told me I could never fight again, so just being able to go out there and put on a show is a blessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have got a lot riding on this fight, and I am going to teach this man a lesson on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/02\/Griffiths-vs-Larkin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63116\" width=\"411\" height=\"581\" 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