By Ian Aldous: Randall ‘The Knockout King’ Bailey (45-8) is about to embark on another chapter of his career at the grand age of forty. He’s set to fight in South Korea on October 4th after signing an exclusive promotional contract with Andy Kim and his South-Korean based, AK Promotions. His opponent and a venue are yet to be announced. Last week he took some time to talk with me over the phone after a day of training.
Bailey is a veteran of the game and has fought in Canada, Puerto Rico and multiple times on European soil, so fighting away from home is something he’s certainly not afraid of. But the idea of traveling and competing in Asia is something we see very few Stateside pugilists take on. It was something that Bailey couldn’t wait to do. “Well, my manager (Si Stern) had been telling me that he’d been working on it for a while and it was just a matter of time before Andy (AK Promotions) and my manager came up with a significant game plan and I was all aboard!” He continued “I’m very excited and looking forward to coming out there.”
In the original press release, Andy Kim showed himself to be delighted with his newest signing. “Bailey will be an instant attraction here locally with his style of fighting and having been a two-division world champion, it won’t be long before he is contending once again for a world title.”