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From Adam Lanigan
BBC Sport
Nigel Benn was called the”fittest 55-year-old on earth Earth” since he begs for a jolt ring return.
The winner hasn’t fought since November 1996 but may resume his profession around 23 November, according to some promoter Mark Peters.
“I wouldn’t support Nigel when I didn’t think he was fit to box,” he added.
The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoc) is contrary to the struggle, which will be warranted by the rival British and Irish Boxing Authority (Biba).
Benn – whose last fight was a defeat from Irishman Steve Collins 23 years past – and the clinical evaluations of all Biba have handed, while there will be a specialist in head injury and also a portable brain scanner available at ringside on fight night.
World champion Sakio Bika, 40, was tipped to be his first opponent.
Peters, his promoter and friend, told BBC Sport the narrative ought to be regarded as a a positive one, and that at 55, London-born Benn is in a condition that many men his age would envy.
“It is not like Nigel abandoned the sport, wrapped up his gloves and never trained ,” he explained. “He must be the most picky 55-year-old on planet Earth.
“He has been training two times per day and he will shadow box everywhere.
“I would not support Nigel when I didn’t think he was fit to ship. Nor is he doing this for financial reasons. He’s far from skint – in which he lives, in actuality, he has only built a huge 10-bedroom home for himself in Australia.
“It’s his life and also his prerogative to combat.
“From his viewpoint, this is closure for him.”
Benn was part of a generation in the branch in the 1990s, his style resulting in big fights with the likes of both Collins and Chris Eubank.
There were attempts to arrange a fight with both of these two on this event, while an approach was also made to American Roy Jones Jr..
Benn is forecast to face Cameroon-born Bika, who lost to the unbeaten Welsh former world champion Joe Calzaghe in 2006, and whose last battle was in 2017.
Biba – a rival to the BBBoC started in 2016 – stated it had been happy to licence the struggle, despite Benn’s era.
There’ll also be medical protocols since Biba introduced mobile scanners to ringside whatsoever of their struggles that are sanctioned in March 2017.
“Nigel Benn is in amazing condition,” said Biba vice-president Gianluca di Caro. “He is a magnificent athlete. He isn’t taking any chances and he is currently minimising risk.
“All the boxes have been ticked for us. There’ll be increased medical supervision and everything will be in place.”
No formal application had been made to this BBBofC – the governing body for the game in the UK – despite the struggle taking place in British soil.
“Nigel Benn hasn’t boxed for a long, long time,” said Robert Smith, the general secretary of their BBBofC.
“We’ve not had a formal program for a licence from him we had a conversation in the summertime and we told him that he was very, very unlikely to get one.
“It is not in the best interests , or for the game.”
One of Benn’s most renowned fights at the height of his career came from American Gerald McClellan in 1995, together with McClellan suffering life-changing harms.
Injuries from the sport continue to cause controversy, together with trainer Robert McCracken’s comments concerning British heavyweight Anthony Joshua regarding concussion in his defeat by Andy Ruiz Jr, lately making headlines.
Brain trauma charity, Headway, is uneasy about the thought of a 55-year-old boxing .
“Boxing at any point is a inherently dangerous game,” said chief executive Peter McCabe.
“We all know that every blow to the head delivered by a boxer has the capability to cause long-term and serious brain injury or even death”
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