Badou Jack Vacates title, moves Up To LHW

Im not a great history expert but were there any fighters who were competitive but NOT dominant in their weight class. Then rose to a higher weightclass and became dominant overnight. Pacman is the only example?

I just think Badou Jack's odds aren't that great. But I wish him all the best of course.

 

Yeah I thought someone like Cleverly

 

He should fight Kovalev or Beterbiev, if not, he really should rematch Degale......................at 168

 

175 is a shark tank. May not be the best move for him, even if he is doing it because he's having trouble making 168. His first match will probably be against someone in the lower end of the top 10 to get his feet wet and then gradually make his way to a title shot. I'd go after Stevenson since the Kov-Ward fight takes priority and will take a while to happen it seems. He is probably going to take Shabranskyy, Pascal if he is still in the top 10, or Joe Smith jr. Those are all winnable for him I think and likely to accept the fight while building his profile in the division. Shabranskyy probably needs that fight more than anyone since he needs to rebound from that loss and one more like that is definitely getting him dropped out of the top 10. In some rankings he has already been dropped.

 

I wish Badou Jack the best of luck. He beat both Bute and Degale in my eyes. I think he could be competitive at 175. But I think Krusher, Ward, Stevenson are too much for him. I'd love to see him fight Beterbiev by next year

 

So because Jack was WBC super middleweight champion will that automatically give him a high rating with the WBC at light heavyweight? I think it should.

 

Don't think his chin will hold well at 175.

It's a good edition to a stacked division though.

 

There are a lot of killers in LHW... he needs at least two tune up fights in this division before he fights a champ

 

He said that even before that,weeks ago.

 

That fits perfectly CST