One of Anthony Joshua’s former opponents suffered a horror ear injury during a bare-knuckle fight.

On Saturday night, Dorian Darch took on Ukraine’s Volodymyr Skurtu on the main card of BYB 30, which was held at the Vale Sports Arena in Cardiff, Wales.

Joshua fought Darch back in 2014 with the Watford man coming out on top via knockout in round two.

Against Skurtu on Saturday night, Darch made a good start to the bout as he floored the Ukrainian inside 30 seconds.

However, Skurtu was able to get back up on his feet and landed a big blow which resulted in Darch’s left ear splitting in half.

Referee Wayne Spinola paused the bout after noticing the extent of Darch’s injury.

After doctors had a look at the injury, the fight was stopped with Skurtu taking the victory.

During his boxing career, Darch also fought Daniel Dubois, who is set to face Joshua in September.

When asked about the fight, Darch told Pro Boxing Fans: “In all fairness to Dubois, since the Joyce fight he’s got a lot tougher. I think he more or less gave up in that fight, but Hrgovic caught him with loads of right hands and he kept fighting. But you can’t take that many right hands against Joshua, he’ll put you to sleep.

“AJ’s got one punch knockout power, and Dubois, when he hit me, I’ve seen him knockout other boys out, he was hitting me down but they weren’t concussive punches they were just bowling me over, whereas AJ hit me in the temple, I lost my sense, my legs were gone.”

Ahead of the fight, which is scheduled for September 20, Dubois said: “Win by any means necessary but a stoppage is definitely what I’m after, a good stoppage and a statement victory, that’s what I’m all about.

“Very confident, very sure and happy and ready to do the business. I’m just raring to go.”

He added: “Every day I’m working towards it leaving no stone unturned. Just work, work, work and victory is definite.”