Sapp was contacted by FX in 2002, following his release from WCW, for its amateur boxing show, The Toughman Competition.
Surprisingly, despite his lack of boxing expertise, the professional wrestler defeated Perry in the second round.
Bob was asked back to Japan by Kazuyoshi Ishii, the chairman of the Japanese kickboxing organisation K-1, to pursue another profession.
Ishii was shown a video of Sapp’s match by a mutual acquaintance, Bob Sapp’s trainer Sam Greco.
Sapp completed his six-month basic training in the United States of America and then competed under both rulesets indistinctly for the remainder of his career.
Sapp announced his retirement from fighting in April 2014, a stunning turn of events.
However, after a two-year hiatus, Sapp returned to Fight Night in Saint Tropez, France on 4 August 2017. And, unsurprisingly, he was defeated in the first round by Greg Tony.
