Filtered By: Sports Sports By RAFAEL BANDAYREL Published May 17, 2026 1:19pm Updated May 17, 2026 1:22pm + Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Photos: BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing/FB Filipino bareknuckle boxing champion Rolando Dy knocked out Paulie Malignaggi to retain his BKB super welterweight title at BKB 54: Mayhem in Manchester on Sunday (Philippine time) at the AO Arena in Manchester, England.Dy needed just two rounds to dispatch the former two-division world boxing champion.Just five seconds into the second round, Dy connected with a crushing left hook-right straight combination that sent Malignaggi crashing to the canvas.Although the Italian-American veteran managed to beat the count, Dy immediately swarmed him with a follow-up barrage. This time, Malignaggi stayed down as the referee completed the count.The emphatic victory improved Dy’s bareknuckle boxing record to 6-1 with five knockouts.Dy, the son of Filipino boxing legend Rolando Navarrete, also secured the first successful defense of the title he captured last December.—JKC, GMA News