New Zealand's PROFESSIONAL BOXING SERIES

Boxing Revolutionised

About Barbwire® Fight Club

Barbwire® Fight Club is an exciting and dynamic boxing organisation and founders of New Zealand’s Professional Boxing Series that showcases the raw talent and fierce competition of fighters from any discipline, who are eager to prove their skills in a high-stakes boxing environment.

New Zealand’s Professional Boxing Series (BFC-PRO)

BFC-PRO is a unique nation-wide boxing series and New Zealand’s first ever professional fight competition where the audience gets to vote alongside the judges!

The BFC-PRO series brings together New Zealand’s best fighters from clubs across the country to compete against each other for appearance fees, fan vote prize money, and bonus prize money for the top 6 on the points table at the end of each year.

Consisting of 6 events per year, Barbwire® Fight Club’s point of difference is the addition of online audience voting with a livestream.

Viewers can register and watch from the comfort of their own home.

Fighters Appearance fee

All signed fighters will receive guaranteed appearance fees for each fight as follows:

  • 1st fight: $1,000
  • 2nd fight: $1,500
  • 3rd fight: $2,000


Fan Vote Prize Money

On top of the guaranteed appearance fees, fighters have the opportunity to win Fan Vote prize money. The fans will vote on the fighters prowess skill, charisma and star power.

BFC-PRO Series Points Table

The BFC-PRO series includes a points system where BFC-PRO signed fighters can earn points in the following ways:

  • Fan vote draw – 1 point each
  • Judges decision draw – 1 point each
  • Fan vote winner – 2 points
  • Judges decision winner – 3 points
  • TKO/KO winner – 6 points

The fighter with the most points on the night is the official winner of the fight.

Fighters who sign up for the BFC-PRO series will have the opportunity to compete in up to three events during 2025. Committing to all three events gives fighters the best chance to maximize their points over the year.

At the end of the year, the fighter with the most points will be crowned the BFC-PRO Pound for Pound Champion. A bonus prize money pool $24,000 be awarded to the top six fighters at the conclusion of the series as follows;

  1. $8000
  2. $6000
  3. $4000
  4. $3000
  5. $2000
  6. $1000


*The above amounts are a guaranteed starting point and may increase depending on participation of the audience

James Langton CEO BFC

BFC-PRO TEAM

The team at Barbwire® Fight Club consists of CEO, James ‘Batman’ Langton – a semi-retired professional fighter who is the visionary leader and founder of Barbwire® Fight Club. 

James had a flourishing career as a professional fighter from 2011 to 2018. Throughout those seven years, he engaged in 20 professional fights, earning two New Zealand titles, as well as competing in one IPO Oceania title fight and one IPO Asia-Pacific cruiser weight title fight.

Supporting James is a production and marketing team – all leaders in their respective fields. An operations team is developed for each event that consists of local and trusted suppliers and professional services.

  • Fan vote draw – 1 point each
  • Judges decision draw – 1 point each
  • Fan vote winner – 2 points
  • Judges decision winner – 3 points
  • TKO/KO winner – 6 points


The fighter with the most points on the night is the official winner of the fight.

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