Former WBC Heavyweight champion Oliver McCall is set to return to action as he takes on veteran Stacy Frazier(16-22, 15 KOs) in a bout scheduled for four-rounds at The Troubadour in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday night.
The 59-year-old McCall (59-14, 38 knockouts) will set the record for being the oldest former heavyweight champion to compete in a sanctioned fight. The record was set just four days earlier by former undisputed champion Mike Tyson when he took on Jake Paul in Arlington, Texas.
McCall last fought in 2019 when he stopped Hugo Lomeli.
“I am ready,” he said. “I have been training down here in Nashville for a few weeks, but I am always in shape. This will be a lot different then what fans saw on Friday. I think being active has a great deal to do with it. The only reason that I have not fought in five years was the pandemic and a few things falling through. If you look at my record, since 2005, I have fought 25 times and have been 19-6 with wins over quality fighters and have won various regional titles.”
According to McCall, he is not fighting for financial motivation; he sees that the end of fighting days are near, and is already plotting his post-retirement plans.
“I want to do this for another year,” he said. “That will make it 40 years as a professional boxer. Then I want to train and get into the management end of things. I want to give back and help the next generation of fighters try to become world champions. I came down here to Nashville and hooked up with the manager who brought me to the title in (Country Box) promoter Jimmy Adams. I am learning a lot about that end of the sport, and I love the fighters down here plus everything that is going on with Country Box.”
Age is more than a number, and we’ll see what McCall has left on Tuesday night.
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