Let’s check back in with former Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy, shall we?
Our latest update brings us to the Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia—where the pass rusher-turned-combat athlete stepped into the boxing ring to face the 18-1 Alexey Papin as part of Friday’s REN TV Fight Club event.
This was the result:
💣HUGE KO
World Ranked Cruiserweight Aleksei Papin scores a brutal Round 3 KO over former UFC fighter Greg Hardy in Moscow pic.twitter.com/jOsQoTnMmw
— Tokkerū (@ATokkers5) December 13, 2024
146 kg heavy Greg Hardy has just got KOed on Russian TV.👇👇👇👀 He faced Alexei Papin at the REN TV Fight Cub event. He dropped Papin earlier in the fight. I still remember Hardy’s UFC debut vividly. pic.twitter.com/T3Z9sEz51j
— PAM (@ParamPam1990) December 13, 2024
If @ParamPam1990 is correct, 146 kilograms would put the 6-foot-5 heavyweight Hardy at a shade under 322 pounds. The 6-foot-1 Papin, who’s billed as a cruiserweight, is listed at around 200 pounds.
Hardy posted the following to his Instagram account after the vicious knockout:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DDiMsYbv6Z7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
The former Pro Bowler, who played for the Panthers from 2010 to 2014, entered the bout with a professional boxing record of 3-0.
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