Month: July 2018

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Police Gazette Champion Belt to Return to Scene of Crime

Except This Time It’s Legal – Mississippi Is the Next State to Accept Bare Knuckle

On August 25th, professional bare knuckle boxing comes back home to Mississippi. The last major BKB world championship took place in Richburg, MS, between John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain in 1889. Another major championship bout took place between Sullivan and Paddy Ryan in Mississippi City in 1882. Both of these championships had been organized and sanctioned by the National Police Gazette.

Now, four miles from the site of the Sullivan/Ryan match, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 2 “A New Era” will take place at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. At that event, a Police Gazette bare knuckle championship belt will once again be on the line as current world featherweight champ Bec Rawlings defends her belt against challenger Britain Hart.

It appears that those stung by the numerous promises and fizzles in years past have nothing to fear anymore. True bare knuckle boxing—no wraps or coverings of any kind on the knuckles—is now accepted and regulated on the state level in two states—Wyoming being the other—and promised events have been going off without a hitch since early June.

Two have already taken place in Wyoming, one by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and the other by Corey Williams. And this first one in Mississippi has been approved by the state athletic commission, as well as listed and promoted by the venue. We spoke with commission chairman Jon Lewis who told us all systems are go for the event using the same rules as Wyoming.

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 2 “A New Era” will also feature Kendall Grove, Sam Shewmaker, Maurice Jackson, Arnold Adams, Joey Beltran, and more. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster.com. Pay-per-view information will be coming soon.

Meanwhile, Corey Williams is planning Bare Knuckle Fight Club 5 for late August in Wyoming, featuring up-and-coming heavyweight sensation Tyler Canning. More information on that event as we receive it.

The new Police Gazette bare knuckle championship belt

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Stian Aker & Rune Malterud Complete Harbo & Samuelsen Voyage!

In 2016, we followed Norwegian Stein Hoff as he attempted to duplicate the feat of the first-ever successful ocean rowers George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen, also Norwegian. Harbo and Samuelsen had been sponsored by the Police Gazette and named their boat the “Fox” after Gazette publisher Richard K. Fox. To the shock and surprise of everyone, they managed to not only survive the crossing, they made it in only 55 days–a record that still stands to this day for boats with fewer than three rowers. Stein, an accomplished ocean rower himself, tried it solo, but was stopped by a violent storm three-quarters of the way across. Today, however, fellow Norwegians Stian Aker and Rune Malterud arrived at England’s Scilly Isles, completing the Harbo and Samuelsen route in 58 days. We congratulate Aker and Malterud and welcome them to the Harbo and Samuelsen family!

Stian Aker and Rune Malterud arrive at Saint Mary’s, Scilly Isles, in the morning of July 23, 2018.