Underground Bare Knuckle Boxing in the UK

When your mixed Irish/Geordie accent is so strong that even in an English documentary you need subtitles...

Just me that loves how this British lad from Newcastle with his beer belly absolutely ruined this bloke who was treating it like the most important fight in history 😂

“Rammed their unprotected fists into one another’s bodies to prove who was hardest” Helluva way with words VICE

Bare knuckle boxing in Britain has existed since forever. My great grandfather used to do this back in the 1890s in regular pubs. I have lots of family members who talk of their fathers and grandads who talk of this.

Anyone else find it hilarious that Gypsy Boy just hangs out with his friends, drinking Guinness, showed up late, and drunk, and still won the fight? Meanwhile the American fighter trained in wing chun and meditated for weeks, getting massages, only to get knocked out.

0:24 "For hundreds of years British men men have rammed their unprotected fists into each other bodies to decide who was the hardest of them all" Seriously?

That James Lambert, what a legend. I would love to see more of this guy, I hope he is doing well almost 8 years later.

Dude he had so much heart. The end of the fight felt like a Snatch fight. Even the punches sounded like they added sound effects.

When I was a kid, I thought England was like "excuse me, sir", but then I realized it's all "u wot m8".

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When I watch videos like this I'm always left with the impression that the fighter is a complete bell-end but that Geordie guy seemed like a really nice down to earth guy... To be honest, he shocked me in the fight as he didn't look particularly hard in everyday life but in that make-shift ring he was an absolute beast!

This wasn't what I expected. It's much more complicated than we like to think. It's about people on a journey trying to deal with demons in their heads and choosing to channel their fear and anger off the streets so that they're no longer harming innocent people. They're all real people and you can empathise with them. I don't think it's a sport but I understand why people do it. I was once into competing in kickboxing and probably did it for same reasons as them. Trying to rationalise irrational impulses. That James guy was a proper legend though 😁

One day some poor bastard is going to randomly pick a fight with Mr Happy and end up in a coma.

Much respect for mr happy , what a lovely fella , takes a real man to admit that he felt scared his motivation for fighting , the inner struggles are the hardest to overcome .👍🏻

Would love to just sit down with Mr Happy and just have a conversation. Seems like a really pleasant lad, props to him for using his hindsight and own perspective and experiences to make a new future for the best of himself and others. Real respect

Mr.Happy is a great example of the power of self reflection and introspection.

Can we just appreciate how good of an interviewer the reporter is? At 18:40 he comes up with an exceptional question, that was deliver so smoothly that it seemed just like a natural progression of the conversation, but it really made the guy open up right there, right then. Raw emotional response. Simply brilliant.

I find Mr. Happy scarier as a happy person.

Just found this great documentary, well presented and fantastic content, thanks to all who took part and what a great bunch of fighters. So well done.

I have absolutely nothing except my upmost respect for the British and Irish, and absolutely honored to have the UK and Ireland as our allies! Greeting from NYC