Former heavy weight champions to fight fmr US presidential candidate, Mitt Romney

Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is set to return to the ring, only this time for a charity match with former Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

The fight will take place in Salt Lake City on the night of Friday, May 15 and it will be to raise money for CharityVision

Friday night, will see the 68-year-old Romney battling with Holyfield to raise money for CharityVision, which provides equipment to doctors in developing countries treating people with curable blindness.

Ahead of the fight, Holyfield, 52 weighed in at 215lbs and jokingly boasted: "Does he even work out? I’m too quick, too agile for him."

"Well, it's true, I don't have much of a right hook," Romney replied.

"But when I get somebody's ear, I can be pretty formidable."

Holyfield is a former undisputed champion at both cruiserweight and heavyweight, with a record of 44 wins - 29 by knockout - in 57 fights.