How safe is bare-knuckle boxing as it fights for mainstream appeal?

"One punch could change your life. But I love the sport."

Bare-knuckle boxer Liam Rees is aware of the dangers when he steps onto the canvas.

The Welshman juggles his day job as a carpenter with the demands of a sport so visibly brutal it has stayed in the shadows of combat sports for much of its existence.

Slumped in a chair moments after losing his light-middleweight world title at the Vale Sport Arena, Cardiff, the Swansea native's wife Emma gently implores her bloodied partner to give up the sport.