badou jack
'the ripper'
Nation
Date of birth
october 31, 1983 (40 Years Old)
Height
6 ft 1 (185 cm)
Reach
73 in (185 cm)
Wins
28
Losses
3
draws
3
Ko's
17
badou jack
'the ripper'
Nation
DATE OF BIRTH
october 31, 1983 (40 Years Old)
Height
6 ft 1 (185 cm)
REACH
73 in (185 cm)
wins
28
Losses
3
draws
3
ko's
17
Notable Opponents
Titles Won
WBC world middleweight + cruiserweight
Titles Won
WBC world middleweight + cruiserweight
Background
Having represented both Sweden and Gambian as an amateur, Badou Jack had an extensive amateur career, racking up over a hundred fights and a long list of achievements that includes winning the Swedish National Championships six times and qualifying (easily) for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He failed to progress far in the Olympics however, falling to defeat in just the first round.
Badou Jack was considered one of the best Swedish and Gambian prospects and was named boxer of the year by the Swedish Boxing Federation as an amateur in 2007 [1].
Accomplishments
Debuting in the Super Middleweight division in 2009, Badou Jack rose through the ranks quickly. He had a title fight by his fifteenth match that ended in a draw (thus him losing out on a title) in 2013 but regained a chance for a title in April 2015 after recovering from a shock first-round defeat in early 2014. In what was his first world title fight for the WBC World Super Middleweight title, Badou Jack managed to overcome opponent talented Anthony Dirrell in a tight-knit majority decision win that helped to fortify Jack’s reputation as a fearsome opponent.
After easily defending his world title twice following his win against Dirrell, Badou Jack faced IBF World Super Middleweight champion James DeGale in a Unification fight that included the Ring Lineal Super Middleweight title; a title only made available for fights between the number one and two of a weight division. Badou Jack performed admirably in his fight with DeGale but both fighters couldn’t make it past one another and the fight was eventually ruled a draw after twelve rounds, resulting in them retaining all their titles but losing out on their opponents’ and The Ring title.
Badou Jack moved up one division towards Light Heavyweight and he remained a threat; he won the WBA (Regular) World Light Heavyweight title in August of 2017, and faced WBC champion Adonis Stevenson in a highly-competitive match that ended in a draw.
Badou Jack faced a set of difficult setbacks after losing twice in a row to contender Marcus Browne and Jean Pascal in 2019, the latter who held the same WBA (regular) world title that Badou Jack had lost in his fight to Browne.
Badou jack returned shortly in late 2020 after his back-to-back defeats and has so far looked unscathed by his previous defeats as he went on a comfortable five-match winning streak from 2020 to 2022. He also moved up to Cruiserweight in 2021 and netted a total of three victories in the division before gaining the opportunity for a world title against WBC Cruiserweight world champion Ilunga Makabu in 2023.
His match with Makabu proved to be another historical feat for him as he became a three-weight world champion after stopping Makabu in the 12th round following a dominant display in the ring.
Boxing Style
With more than a decade spent in the sport of professional boxing, Badou Jack has gained a vast amount of experience and a variety of skills that he has managed to use in good effect so far. His power, jab and determination has landed him a world title, but his counterpunching style of boxing has sometimes proven to be his downfall as he seemed to lack the defensive skills and the reaction time to anticipate quickly enough and control the fight.
He has also shown himself to be exceptionally tough, having fought through a cut on the face that many of his contemporaries would not be able to fight with, as evident with fighters such as Daniel Dubois and Billy Joe Saunders who weren’t able to deal with the same type of injury.