“What A Decision!” Heather Hardy To Face Christine Ferea For BKFC Flyweight Championship On May 11th

By: Sean Crose

“What a decision!” says former WBO world featherweight champion Heather “The Heat” Hardy. Indeed, Hardy stunned lots of people Thursday when she introduced a May 11th throwdown between herself and BKFC flyweight champion Christine Ferea. That’s proper, Hardy is getting into the realm of naked knuckle boxing. “Being a member of the boxing community,” she says, “the two sports don’t often cross paths in the best way. Everyone from the owner of Gleason’s Gym , to my boyfriend and my grandma begged me not to – to think of my health, such a barbaric sport.”

Hardy ended up taking some sound recommendation from maybe as shut a relation as one might discover. “My mother told me to drop my knees in a place of God and He will tell me what to do,” she says, “and within 24 hours I came to realize that boxing has done nothing but open doors and create opportunities for my little family.” Hardy has lengthy been often called one of many extra thrilling boxers within the enterprise, exuding a blood and guts perspective that might make George Patton nod in approval.

Sure sufficient, the Brooklynite will now be going through no small problem when she solutions the opening bell at Connecticut’s Foxwood’s Casino in May. Not solely will Hardy be new to the naked knuckle battle enterprise, she’ll be going through an undefeated world titlist within the 13-0 Ferea. Not that Hardy is missing in confidence “I’ll enter this fight with Christine representing the discipline of boxing,” she says, “and show that skills pay the bills.” The battle is already producing warmth (pardon the pun) on-line because of the easy truth it’s a really fascinating pairing of fight sport professionals.

“I’m grateful to Christine!,” Hardy exclaims. “Earlier this year I reached out to her as a fellow champion to feel around her organization and see if she wanted to make a match. I have college tuition this first quarter, so I was looking for work and she delivered.” Now Hardy herself is aiming to ship this spring. Indeed, Hardy has fought her share of excessive degree competitors in her 28 battle profession. Aside from successful the WBO featherweight belt by advantage of besting the intensely sport Shelly Vincent in 2018, Hardy has met such names as Iranda Torres and the legendary Amanda Serrano.

“There’s just one ‘queen of violence,’” says Hardy. “And she’s an 80s child from Brooklyn.”