Richie Leak, 44 ,from Blackpool, won the BKB world heavyweight title in Wolverhampton, beating the favourite Dan Podmore:
1. Blackpool's bare knuckle-boxer Richie Leak
Richie Leak wasn’t given much chance of taking the bareknuckle championship from Dan Podmore in front of 1,700 fight fans in Wolverhampton on Saturday night. | National World Resell
2. Blackpool's bare knuckle-boxer Richie Leak
Leak stepped in at short notice after a late pull out. He had lost his previous fight and started a huge underdog against the defending champion from Birmingham. | National World Resell
3. Blackpool's bare knuckle-boxer Richie Leak
Leak was cut and rocked in a one-sided opening round and went on to knock out Podmore in the third of a ‘Rocky’ fight that left ringsiders open mouthed. | National World Resell
4. Blackpool's bare knuckle-boxer Richie Leak
The new champion said he would celebrate afterwards with “a large beer.” | National World Resell
5. Blackpool's bare knuckle-boxer Richie Leak
He said: "I'm ecstatic. I've won other world titles but this is the premier league of bare knuckle fighting. I really want to thank my coach Dave Clarke for always being there since the start. He's the only voice I can hear when I'm in the ring...other than my screaming wife!" | National World Resell
6. Blackpool's bare knuckle-boxer Richie Leak
Leak ended the fight with a vertical cut between his eyes and a gash under his left eye. He also suffered a bloody nose in the opening round that turned his beard red. | National World Resell