In 1989, now aged 36, he took on the young power-punching Jamaican-Canadian Donovan (Razor) Ruddock.
After a year layoff he was back, now aged 38, and scored six knockouts, including a notable 8 round knockout of the cement-skulled journeyman Everett (Bigfoot) Martin (who had just taken George Foreman the distance), and a first round knockout of equally hard hitting ex-contender Jeff Sims.