The rumors are actually true — Nigel Benn is coming back to boxing.
In a press conference on Thursday, the 55-year-old former WBC super-middleweight champion announced that he’s going to fight fellow former champion Sakio Bika (34-7-3, 22 KOs) on November 23rd in Birmingham, United Kingdom. When the 40-year-old Bika made his pro boxing debut in 2000, Benn had been retired for four years.
“It’s been a long time coming,” Benn said. (via Associated Press)
”This fight is all about me,” he said. “It wasn’t financial. It was always about closure that I wanted that I never had.