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Greg Hardy isn’t done swinging leather following his UFC release.<\/p>\n

Hardy was back in action this past Saturday night, but this time he was in a boxing match. Hardy went one-on-one with Mike Cook, who competed under the BYB bare-knuckle fighting promotion last year. Black Sheep Boxing promoted the Hardy vs. Cook bout. Hardy scored the second-round knockout.<\/p>\n

Here’s how the fight ended<\/a>:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/fightdigitale\/status\/1579002336609202176?s=46&t=YAFVZP662HyJxvlB-V7ngA<\/p>\n

This was Hardy’s first combat sports affair since he was released by the UFC. The former NFL star hadn’t scored a win in combat sports action since October 2020 before he earned the KO over Cook.<\/p>\n

Hardy had long been eyeing a transition to the “sweet science.” Back in 2020, he expressed his belief that he can hang with the likes of Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder<\/a>. Here’s what he told reporters at the time (h\/t MMAJunkie.com).<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I get done shutting this down, handling my MMA business, I want to venture into the boxing realm. I\u2019m trying to holler at Dana (White). Hopefully, we can get some fights in the Zuffa Boxing world, Top Rank, Al Haymon \u2013 somebody come holler at this dude because I definitely want to go over there and knock out \u2018The Gypsy King,\u2019 make light work of that English cat Joshua, or whatever it is, \u2018Cry-baby Bomber.\u2019 We\u2019ll knock all those guys out, man. Of course, you know I\u2019m going to work for it. It\u2019s an aspiration I think will come true real fast, and I can\u2019t wait for it,\u201d Hardy said.<\/em><\/p>\n

While few are taking Hardy’s ambition to topple the top heavyweights in boxing seriously, the former UFC heavyweight is sticking to the fight game. Just how far he can go in the boxing world remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greg Hardy isn’t done swinging leather following his UFC release. Hardy was back in action this past Saturday night, but this time he was in a boxing match. Hardy went one-on-one with Mike Cook, who competed under the BYB bare-knuckle fighting promotion last year. Black Sheep Boxing promoted the Hardy vs. Cook bout. Hardy scored […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54476,"featured_media":299269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10107,10550],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nGreg Hardy earns second-round KO in boxing debut (Video) | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC heavyweight Greg Hardy has made his pro boxing debut and it was a successful one. 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