Leeds fighters spearhead county success at international Brawl 2

Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame president Scott Burt travelled from upstate New York to Leeds to see Yorkshire fighters and pugilists from Spain and North America compete in front of around 2,000 spectators on the now annual Yorkshire bare-knuckle show - Pride and Punishment Leeds Brawl 2 - at Elland Road's Planet Ice Arena by Anglo-American promotion BKB.

- by James Bovington

Scott McHugh in action

(Picture: Nick Ledger)

Experienced Leeds fighter Scott McHugh was joined by Marshall Furey and Furqan Cheema making their debuts in the trigon, bare knuckles 'triangular ring' bare-knuckle fight space.

Knottingley's Reece Murray, Dewsbury's Alex Wilson and Patryk Fornalski from Leeds were also on the card.

The Yorkshire fighters mostly won their bouts although Furey's fight with Nottingham's Omari Grant ended in a draw and Fornalski lost out to Cheema in one of the few fights lasting the scheduled five three-minute rounds.

McHugh, 31, and Furey, 22, both train at Al Osta's west Leeds gym.

"I'm proud of Scott who's now won his three bare knuckle bouts this year," said Osta. "We're particularly pleased that he's defeated the formidable Northern Irish fighter Joe Fitzpatrick with a second-round stoppage. Scott's been working intensely through multiple back-to-back training camps, and he entered the trigon with about the highest level of conditioning and readiness possible.

"His determination to win came from the confidence and self-belief built up in training."