Boxing champion Oliver McCall returns to the ring at the age of 59, thirty years after he defeated the legendary Lennox Lewis.
Former world heavyweight champion McCall will face 54-year-old Stacey Frazier tonight in Nashville.
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It will be an officially sanctioned professional fight between two Tennessee boxing veterans.
The fight takes place just four days after the controversial bout between aging Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.
Tyson, 58, returned to the ring against the much younger Paul, 27, and the heavyweight legend was defeated by the YouTuber by unanimous decision at AT&T Stadium in Texas.
The fight received massive criticism as Iron Mike's advanced age and ring rust were revealed.
But that didn't stop McCool from returning to the ring despite his presence Oldest From Tyson.
The American had a famous victory over Lewis in 1994 when he knocked out the British-Canadian star and became WBC heavyweight champion.
Atomic Bull currently holds an impressive record of 59 wins and only 14 losses in 75 fights.
But some fans were not very happy with his return to the ring after the disappointment they witnessed between Tyson and Paul.
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“Jake Paul will fight the winner,” one boxing fan tweeted.
Another commented: “What the hell is happening to this sport??”
“What a shame all of this is,” that person wrote.
Paul's punch stats against Tyson are shocking
The poignant statistics from Mike Tyson's defeat to Jake Paul made for “sad” reading.
Veteran Iron Mike, 58, started off strong enough in his Netflix boxing battle with the former YouTuber.
But they simply ran out of gas within the first few minutes of the eight-round contest.
In 16 minutes of action, the former world heavyweight champion landed just 18 punches – an average of 2.25 successful strikes per round.
In all, he attempted only 97, meaning he only connected 18 percent.
In comparison, Paul, 27, landed 278 punches – almost 200 more than his elderly opponent – but only landed 78 punches, a success rate of 28 per cent even though his opponent was barely moving.
His most explosive round came in the third when the victorious problem child attempted 44 punches and connected on 16 of them.
However, a dismal fifth round saw just four punches between the pair as the quality failed to live up to the hype and Paul refused to go for the knockout.
