“I can confirm that I have made a formal application for a boxing licence with the British & Irish Boxing Authority.
“I’ve Got The Body Of A 30 Year Old.”, “Roy Jones Wanted $10 Million”
Former 160 and 168 pound champion Nigel Benn today made it official at a press conference in London: he is coming back to fight Sakio Bika over ten rounds at light-heavyweight on November 23rd in Birmingham.
When the story surfaced late last week, telling us how former 160/168 pound champ Nigel Benn was set to return to the ring – at age 55 and after having been inactive for 23 years – it’s likely a number of fans groaned, while others were doubtless skeptical that the ring return would actually happen.
ADONIS STEVENSON: 174 ½ Pounds
SAKIO BIKA: 174 ½ Pounds
ARTUR BETERBIEV: 175 Pounds
GABRIEL CAMPILLO: 174 ½ Pounds
(TV Swing Bout)
JULIAN WILLIAMS: 154 ½ Pounds
JOEY HERNANDEZ: 155 pounds
PBC on CBS, headlined by the light heavyweight world championship fight between Stevenson and Bika, is promoted by Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) and presented by Videotron and in association with Mise-O-Jeu.
(Photo credit: Amanda Kwok / PBC on CBS) Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions return on CBS for an 80’s-esque throwback this Saturday afternoon live from the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada.
Adonis Stevenson
Thanks to all the media. I want to thank Al Haymon, my manager, great job. This is a good person for me and fight on CBS since like ‘80 like Sugar Ray Leonard, Muhammad Ali.
Light heavyweight world champion Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (25-1, 21 KOs) returns to the ring Saturday, April 4 at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City to defend his title against former super middleweight world champion Sakio “The Scorpion” Bika (32-6-3, 21 KOs).
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) The first time these two fought in Brooklyn last December, a rough and rugged contest ended in a controversial draw.
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) Shawn “Showtime” Porter 24-0-1 (KO 15) was the favorite, confident he would be able to reach the taller Kell “The Special One” Brook 32-0-0 (KO 22).