Boxing icon who KO’d Lennox Lewis set to return aged 61 to continue 41-year sequence | talkSPORT
I actually fact-checked this to see if it was true. Yeah, the guy fought as recent as June of last year, but c’mon…
I then looked into who was sanctioning these fights and found that it’s an org by the name of BIBA (British & Irish Boxing Authority). In fact, BIBA appears to be known for licensing older fighters that other sanctioning bodies will not.
Out of curiosity I looked up who has the world record for oldest boxer to fight in a professional fight, and came up with the name Steve Ward, who fought professionally at age 64 in 2021. Under a BIBA license.
This is one of those oddities that is tough to believe. Not that a former boxer would want to fight almost indefinitely. But that any reputable boxing organization would sanction such fights, and much less grant licenses to these geezers.