But, in the UK, and with the companies that we've signed up to come on board, and we'll have them all under one umbrella, it's now just seen as another sport where - similar to UFC and boxing - it's classed as a sport that is there, and will be staying there. Now, with the rise of the UFC, there is potentially a gap in the market where bare-knuckle boxing can walk into the mainstream, given the popularity of MMA. There are many men out there at the moment - very good men - who could claim to be the 'King of the Travellers' but don't do it because, number one, it sets you up for being challenged for the foreseeable future. It’s a journey from his grandfather’s horse-drawn caravan at the side of the road to the country lanes of Ireland where he stood, fists bloodied and bandaged, fighting a clan war that he never asked for. It is not clear the level of wealth he might have amassed for himself and his family, but it is clear that no matter the level, he still chooses to stay humble.

year-old James Quinn McDonagh has taken on many fights, sometimes for large sums of money and remains undefeated.His popularity increased even more, when he was involved in a controversial confrontation that led to the death of a man. The title isn’t one that James Quinn McDonagh has given himself, rather one that has been thrust upon him by others due to his rock-solid reputation as a fighter.

Bare-boxing is associated with travellers, especially in Ireland where they're not allowing [fights] at the moment. If the money wasn't involved, that fighter would stop quicker, but he's got to fight for his family, himself, and then you've got to fight for the money, so there's a couple of reasons to keep continuing to fight until your last breath. Throughout his career, he has taken part in a large number of fights, some of which were for large cash sums. He explained he took up the sport to beat bullies, and now he wants to take the sport to the next level by setting up his own promotion and staging legal fights.He spent the early years of his life living the traditional way of Irish Travellers, in a horse-drawn barrel-top wagon, sleeping in a tent by the side of the road. He told LADbible: "That was a title given to me, not by me, but by other people, the media, and the newspapers. The real reason for the feud among the families is never revealed, as they will not talk about it to outsiders. The way the game is played in recent times has attracted a lot of fans, who also get to bet on their favorite fighter. When it comes to 'what he had to do', that has always meant putting his body and his pride on the line, sometimes for sums of thousands.

Knuckle is a 2011 Irish documentary film about the secretive world of Irish Traveller bare-knuckle boxing. One of the well-known champions was James Quinn McDonagh, who took the game of bare-knuckle boxing to a whole new level. The film explores the reasons why they hold these fights and explores in-depth these families' secret life, which is barely known to outsiders of the Traveller community. He went alongside his family because he had been involved in a physical altercation with a man that led to his death. It also helps you compare the betting site you use with others and sometimes even find a better one to bet at.Betting can be considered as a form of shout out to support your favourite fighter, and sites like www. McDonagh, born into a family of travellers in Ireland, has fought for that family from a young age, when he took up boxing to beat bullying, and now he wants to take the sport to the next level by setting up his own promotion and staging legal fights. After being sent to the hospital to extract the bullet, he had to leave Ireland for fear of his life.

His prowess in his expertise led a producer to see how much his talent would be helpful in a related movie. Outside his professional fights, he had also had battles that he engaged in for large sums of money. If you really want to know more about just the man and some details about his fighting and his mindset about those fights then you should enjoy this book but it does miss out a few details from the film.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The money would drive it further because the guy that lost the fight would have probably given up earlier, only for the money. There was a lot of hard training going into that fight because it was probably my last proper bare-knuckle fight. McDonagh is arguably one of the best bare-knuckle boxers in the business and currently remains undefeated.