21/7/2025–|Last update: 17:15 (Mecca time)
In the footsteps of the legend Mike Tyson, boxer Mane Bakiao returned to the circuit last Saturday after an absence of 4 years, to be the latest example of a boxer who exceeded his peak period, but he was unable to resist the temptation to return to the circuit due to the huge financial offers or make more date.
The 46 -year -old Philippine boxer returned last Saturday to face the American Mario Barius in Las Vegas, but he failed to break his record as the largest hero of the middle weight ever after the match ended in a tie by a majority.
It is customary to dominate the battalions in which boxers participate, such as Bakiao, who is considered one of the greatest Boxers In the history of sport, on the headlines and attracts a group of celebrities on the sides of the ring, but his last return did not have great hustle.
“He is a boxer of great value, but is the fighting meaning? Of course not. He is 46 years old. He missed the ring 4 years old. Do I need to say more?”
Although he returned to the circuit at an advanced age to confront a 16 -year -old boxer, Bakiao presented a brave effort and seemed to be dominated until the last stages of the fight when Barius fierce increased.
Bakiao, a member of the Philippine Senate from 2016 to 2022 who last month entered the International Boxing Hall, some of his critics of his performance, but also made it clear that his return has not ended yet.
“Do not worry,” Bakiao said to reporters.
Millions lunch
Bakiao was not the first middle -aged boxer of the circuit in the hope of restoring the years back, as former heavyweight hero Mike Tyson, who returned from his retirement at the age of 58 to face Jake Paul last November in a battle that did not rise to the level of expectations technically, but he succeeded financially and the boxers got tens of millions of dollars.
Reports stated that Tyson deliberately losing to Paul, and television footage showed the legendary boxing reluctance to direct his opponents to his opponent who was within his reach, due to the prior agreement between them, which requires Paul’s victory so that Tyson gets a specific amount, according to reports.
Lampeli said it is not strange to see some boxers returning to the circuit after they moved away from the limelight even if they are far from the top of their level. And when Schujer Ray Leonard, who has had two unsuccessful return experiences, asked why it was difficult to move away from the ring.
“Because of the excitement that a man in my position can have, there is nothing comparable to the moment when I start the fight after leaving the corner of the circuit … and I see another man facing me as a 15 -foot dimension, and he tries to prove that he is stronger than me.”
“He was aware of why he could not get away. He was not able to abandon the pleasure of that identity and that Experience. It is real addiction. “
The death of boxers and health concerns
As in any sport, competition at the highest level involves many challenges as athlete progresses. But in a sport like boxing that includes frequent punches towards the head, it is also accompanied by specific health problems.
Robert Canto, medical director of an institution specializing in brains, said that the cumulative effect of repeated quantities throughout the march can cause a negative impact, and the boxer must be careful not to expose the applicant’s head to more injuries.
“The reason for our opposition to the baccalaureate baccardles in their 1940s is that the brain already begins to lose neurons after the age of twenty, and by the age of forty you have lost a good number. You have continued to be exposed to the punches in the head, you will lose more and will increase the risk of developing dementia,” Kanto added.
There are many boxers who fall on the ring every year, either as a seed or have severe injuries due to direct punches in the face and head.
Boxing caused the late boxing legend Mohamed Ali to “Parkinson” in his youth until his death in the past decade.
Nevertheless, some of the agents who are still fame and the ability to obtain rewarding wages see that the risk of returning to the circuit deserves, although this return may be more harmful to sports than its benefit.