"I'd hurt him. I knew it. I could feel it. When he was down, I could see his eyes were gone."
It was moment that will always remain with Barrie Jones. After just 15 seconds under the lights of Miami's James L.Knight Center, the father-of-two from Ferndale became a star on the global stage.
The footage of his incredible knockout against American fighter Luiz Melo has helped make the roofer and former doorman a firm favourite in what is arguably fastest growing sport in the world. You can watch it here. Indeed bareknuckle boxing has come a long way in dispelling the stereotypes of gangsters, boozers, and tattooed brawlers engaging in bloody anarchic violence. OK, the last one is still kind of true.
