Former world heavyweight champion Hasim "The Rock" Rahman will begin his comeback against 40 year-old Phillip Triantafillo on Thursday, September 24th at the Hammond Sportsplex in Hammond, Indiana. The six-round fight The fight will be streamed world-wide on Combat Sports Now and is presented by Trojen Fight League. Triantafillo of Los Angles is 4-4 with one knockout. He is coming off a win over Ryan Diaz in December and has also faced former IBF heavyweight title holder Charles Martin, who stopped Triantafillo in two rounds back in 2013.  Rahman, now age 53, will be making his first ring appearance in just over twelve-years. His record stands at 50-9-2 with 41 knockouts. Rahman became heavyweight champion when he knocked out Lennox Lewis on April 27, 2001. Rahman had a second reign when he won the vacant WBC title on August 13, 2005 when he won a unanimous decision over Monte Barrett.

 

"I am excited to be starting this journey to make history. I am still in good shape and continued to stay in the gym during my time away from the sport. I feel with a few fights, that I can get in position for a major opportunity to make history. We had a brief hiccup as we wanted to start this in Rochester, New York, but we will start this in Indiana and I am ready to show the world that I still have the ability to compete, at the highest level. I want to give thanks to Joe Fantauzzo and J-Payne Promotions for believing in me and supporting this historical run," said Rahman.