Badou Jack: ‘Floyd Mayweather always makes it happen’

Badou Jack

FORMER world champion Badou Jack is waiting for another significant fight at light-heavyweight. After a draw with Adonis Stevenson, Jack wants a rematch or failing that a shot at new champion Eleider Alvarez who sensationally defeated WBO boss Sergey Kovalev.

โ€œThatโ€™s a possibility [fighting Eleider Alvarez]. I think heโ€™s going to have to do a rematch with Kovalev, if not I would love that fight,โ€ Badou told Boxing News. โ€œI know him, we sparred, heโ€™s a good boxer, a pretty good boxer.โ€

โ€œFloyd [Mayweather, his promoter] is working on a big fight. So weโ€™ll see whatโ€™s next, if itโ€™s the Stevenson rematch, if itโ€™s one of the other champions.ย Floyd always makes it happen. Anyone, it doesnโ€™t matter to me as long as they get me a big fight,โ€ Jack continued.

In the meantime he has been in England and took in Youtubers KSI and Logan Paul boxing one another in an unlicensed bout that did big numbers as a Youtube pay-per-view.

Jack seemed unruffled about non-boxers making money out of the sport. โ€œI think itโ€™s good for boxing, more eyeballs and more fans that like boxing,โ€ Badou countered.

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He thinks itโ€™s a wake up call for boxing. โ€œIโ€™m there and Shannon Briggs was there and we get new fans. They got us a lot of subscribers [and social media followers]. I think we have to learn from them because this era is all about social media followers and subscribers. They did a great business move,โ€ Jack said.

โ€œI donโ€™t think we should be jealous or hate on them. They risked their lives too and they trained hard for this fight. A six-rounderโ€™s not easy for someone whoโ€™s never fought in their life, three minute rounds in front of all of these people. Theyโ€™re tough guys. They might not be the most skilful guys. I had fun, we were laughing all night watching these guys fight. It was fun.โ€

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