Artem Lobov loves to fight but he typically approaches every opponent as just another obstacle standing in his way from a win and a hefty paycheck.
That won’t be the case this Saturday night when Lobov faces former boxing champion Paulie Malignaggi in a bare knuckle boxing match in the main event of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships (BKFC) 6 from Florida.
The disdain shared between the two fighters started when Malignaggi was part of Conor McGregor’s training camp for Floyd Mayweather back in 2017. Lobov is one of McGregor’s closest friends and teammates, which immediately put him at odds with Malignaggi after the New York native left the camp following a heated and controversial sparring session that still gets talked about nearly two years later.