THE GLOVES ARE OFF
While the purist boxing fan in me wanted to stay at home and watch Bivol versus Beterbiev, I attended Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s (BKFC) debut show in Marbella, which was live on DAZN. I was there to support a friend, the former two time Super-Welterweight boxing world champion Hannah Rankin- making her bare knuckle boxing debut. Southpaw Jab has followed and supported Hannah since she was a three fight novice in the pro boxing game, but she was already making waves. A potential domestic dust up with Stacey Copeland was already on the cards but never materialised, so the “Classical Warrior” had to forge her own path, and forge it she did. I can still remember my first meeting with Hannah and her coach Noel, we had been talking via social media for a while and trying to find a time for us to come and do a video interview. Off I travelled from Essex to Miguel’s Gym in South London, which at the time felt like a long journey… but there was something about Hannah and Noel that
