{"id":40682,"date":"2026-09-24T02:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Former-boxing-world-champion-Lee-Selby-set-for-bareknuckle-return-202933"},"modified":"2026-09-24T02:08:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:08:01","slug":"former-boxing-world-champion-lee-selby-set-for-bare-knuckle-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/former-boxing-world-champion-lee-selby-set-for-bare-knuckle-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Former boxing world champion Lee Selby set for bare-knuckle return"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/former-boxing-world-champion-lee-selby-set-for-bare-knuckle-return.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p> Bare Knuckle Boxing returns to London in November.<\/p>\n<p>BKB 61 goes down on Nov. 14 at the Indigo at O2 Arena in London.<br \/>\nLee Selby will have the English home crowd rallying behind him as<br \/>\nhe returns to the Trigon in the main event. The former IBF<br \/>\nfeatherweight world champion and the WBC international<br \/>\nfeatherweight champion will take on a yet-to-be-named opponent.<\/p>\n<h2>Lee Selby returns at BKB 61 in London after knockout win in his<br \/>\nbare-knuckle debut<\/h2>\n<p>BKB CEO David Tetreault said, \u201cLee Selby is a proven world champion<br \/>\nand one of the biggest names in boxing, so having him back in the<br \/>\nTrigon for BKB 61 is a huge moment for us. London is the perfect<br \/>\nstage for a fighter of his caliber, and we know the fans will<br \/>\ncreate an incredible atmosphere. As BKB continues to expand<br \/>\nglobally, attracting champions and boxing stars like Lee is a<br \/>\nstrong testament of our growth and momentum as the world\u2019s largest<br \/>\nbare-knuckle boxing organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Selby hung up his boxing gloves in 2022. He made his bare-knuckle<br \/>\ndebut at BKB 55 this past June, knocking out Antonia Rizzo, who was<br \/>\n14 years younger than him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to be back in the Trigon and to have the opportunity<br \/>\nto fight in London again,\u201d Selby said. \u201cI already know exactly what<br \/>\nBKB is all about, and I\u2019m looking forward to getting back in there.<br \/>\nI\u2019m ready to put on a great night for the fans.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bare Knuckle Boxing returns to London in November. BKB 61 goes down on Nov. 14 at the Indigo at O2 Arena in London. Lee Selby will have the English home crowd rallying behind him as he returns to the Trigon in the main event. The former IBF featherweight world champion and the WBC international featherweight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}