Paulie Malignaggi was a legitimate two-weight class world boxing champion. And when he stepped into the Bare Knuckle FC ring, he lost, dropping a split decision to Artem Lobov. Friday night, Paige VanZant learned the same lesson Malignaggi discovered the hard way: bare-knuckle boxing isn’t the easy pay day it might appear to be from the outside. In the main event of a fight card in which, if our site numbers are any indication, had more interest than Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night 184 will, VanZant lost in her much-hyped BKFC debut, dropping a unanimous decision to Britain Hart on across-the-board scores of 49-46 at “KnuckleMania” in Clearwater, Fla. Hart is never going to be confused with Leila Ali or Claressa Shields
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