Underground bare-knuckle boxers are hoping their bloody sport will soon become a mainstream, multi-billion dollar industry. Prizefighters from across America meet in garages, alleyways and other rough venues to duke...
The real fight club: Inside the brutal world of bare knuckle boxing run by an ex mobster where bloody bouts take place in garages and alleyways and can offer £100,000 prize money to the victors
Bare-knuckle boxers have no protection and meet in secret across USA
Champion Bobby Gunn once fought for $100,000 in Russian mob fight
Gangsters then refused to pay and put a gun to his and promoter's head
Former gangster turned promoter Danny Provezano want to sanction the sport and thinks it could fill arenas like UFC
Bare-knuckle prize-fighters battle it out for huge bounties inside underground locations across America in a brutal sport organized by ex-mobsters.
But the organizers are hoping that it will soon be legitimized and could fill entire arenas, turning it into a multi-billion-dollar industry.
Reputed former mobster Danny Provenzano, 51, is confident that the sport - which he says is for boxing purists - will soon be as big as the Ultimate Fighting Championship.