Former Middleweight and Super Middleweight ruler Nigel ‘The Dark Destroyer’ Benn (42-5-1, 35 KOs) announced today that he will return to the boxing ring aged 55 on November 23rd.

Welcoming him back will be 40-Year old Sakio Bika (34-7-3, 22 KOs) the location is the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England.

“It’s been a long time coming,” said Benn at a press conference today. “This fight is all about me. It wasn’t financial, it was always about closure that I wanted that I never had.”

The announcement comes 23 years since his last contest which witnessed defeat at the hands of Steve Collins in 1996.