Combat sports legend Mark Hunt is stepping back inside the squared ring at 48 years old. “The Super Samoan,” who is currently in Phuket, Thailand, recently sat down with The AllStar where he spoke about his current plans for a return, but without giving specifics.
“They coaxed me out of my wheelchair,” he said. And when asked what made him do it, he had a straightforward response”
“Money, of course. That drives me. I got lawsuits to pay, you know? Shit to look after, kids to feed. But I love competing. It’s been a long time. Still got the fire, cuz.”
The date and opponent for Hunt’s boxing return weren’t specified, but the bout is reportedly happening in Australia. And after weighing the potential upsides and downsides, he’s been happy about the deal he struck.
“I weighed the pros, I weighed the cons by miles,” Hunt explained. “They got me off the couch, (I’m) trying to get healthy. Good money, of course, and it’s on my terms. I was happy with the deal, there was no bullshit about it. Unlike some f—ng companies you deal with.”
As one of the respected combatants across prizefighting, Hunt feels he still carries a weighty name value these days.
“They got the old man out of the wheelchair, and they want to use me as a… ‘We’ll take his name,’ ‘cause I got a great name, you know? Even though it’s an old name, it’s a great name. But I’ll knock his teeth out,” he said.
“‘Cause this is what I do: knock teeth out.”
Hunt (13-14-1, 1 NC in MMA, 43-13 in kickboxing, and 0-2-1 in pro boxing) last saw action inside the boxing ring in December 2020 against Australia’s Paul Gallen. He lost via decision.
Looks like Big Foot has another fight
Good Thinking
Insane the amount of punishment Big Foot dished out and took in the 1st Mark Hunt fight. Pretty sure that was pre USADA and he ate 25 minutes of Mark Hunt punches. Compare that to their post USADA fight and he went down after 1 good one. Now all it takes is a small breeze.
Hunt probably shouldn’t be fighting again either at 48 but I’ll watch and support him after the decades of great fights he has provided us.
Is he still suing the UFC?
Poor Bigfoot
I love Hunt but damn what a fucking all time dumb move suing the UFC.
BKFC should jump all over this
Probably something overseas if I had ro guess. Thailand or Japan.
If Mark hunt punched somebody in bare knuckle fighting championships that person’s head may literally explode like that guy in Scanners…
they should be jumping at the chance
I know it was a lose lose from the get go
I’m lovin how he says it’s “money” because that’s what it is a majority of the time.
I wish things went better for Hunt. He got done dirty big time at the back end of his career fighting a number of guys using PEDs and taking damage and losses as a result
Makes me sad
Tells a lot about fighter pay when Hunt can fight 43 times and is poor.
I understand he wasnt very good or elite but cmon