Nigel Benn vs Sakio Bika: TV channel, live stream, date, undercard for Dark Destroyer’s comeback aged 55
FORMER WBC super-middleweight and WBO middleweight world champion Nigel Benn is coming out of retirement aged 55. The Dark Destroyer is set to return to the ring for the first time in 23 years when he takes on Sakio Bika in Birmingham. There has been concern at Benn returning to the ring in his mid-50s, […]
FORMER WBC super-middleweight and WBO middleweight world champion Nigel Benn is coming out of retirement aged 55.
The Dark Destroyer is set to return to the ring for the first time in 23 years when he takes on Sakio Bika in Birmingham.
There has been concern at Benn returning to the ring in his mid-50s, with promoter Frank Warren and his son Conor Benn both expressing their reservations.
When is Benn vs Bika?
THIS bout is all set for Saturday, November 23.
It will be held at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham.
The evening’s entertainment gets going around 6pm, with the main event expected around 10pm.
Which TV channel and live stream can I watch it on?
AS yet, there is no TV channel showing the fight live in the UK.
But you can live stream on Epicentre.TV, with the bout a pay-per-view event.
Head to their official website to buy the fight for £14.95.
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Who is fighting on the undercard?
FORMER world featherweight champion Scott Harrison was set to feature on the card – but has pulled out citing ‘unprofessional’ behaviour from Benn’s team.
The full undercard has yet to be announced for the bumper night of nostalgia in Birmingham.
But also confirmed to be appearing are ‘Aberdeen Assassin’ Lee McAllister and Barrow’s Callum Pearson.
What they said
Nigel Benn: “They told me I have the body of a 30 year old.
“All through my career I have been in a dark place. From the age of eight I was smoking, spliffing and doing everything else until I was 41.
“Then Jesus came and my life changed, no spliffing, no sexing, no Es, no cigarettes, everything changed, but I just need that one more fight.”
Conor Benn, Nigel’s pro boxer son: “I don’t want to see my dad fight, it is horrible. Him getting in the ring? There is nothing nice about it.
“There is real concern as his son because I know what it is like getting hit, it is horrible, there is nothing pleasant about it.
“No one wants to see their dad get punched in the face.
“But I have said my piece, I have said ‘Dad, I really don’t want you to do this, because you are my dad’ but he is going to do it so I have to support his decision.”