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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