Recently knocked out, Jaime Munguia’s rematch with Bruno Surace will be the chief support bout on the Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull PPV card on May 3rd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Last seen showing an absolute ton of heart in warring with Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in their cruiserweight unification slugfest, Britain’s Chris Billam-Smith has now set his eyes on a shot at the WBC 200 pound belt, currently the property of veteran Badou Jack.
Badou Jack, who was recently in the picture as far as who would be Canelo Alvarez’s next dance partner (Jack turning down the fight as he would have had to have dropped down to 180 pounds AND dealt with a rehydration clause), has now got himself a totally different fight.
Badou Jack posted on social media today, saying that he won’t be defending his WBC cruiserweight title against Canelo Alvarez because they wanted the Mexican started wanted the weight to be 20-lbs under the 200-lb cruiser limit, and he wanted a “rehydration clause.
Canelo Alvarez has abandoned his plans on attempting to avenge his loss to Dmitry Bivol, and instead, he’s looking at facing inactive middleweight Jermall Charlo or WBC cruiserweight champion Badou Jack.
Amer Abdullah of Skills Challenge Promotion reports that a fight between Canelo Alvarez and WBC cruiserweight champion Badou Jack is “90% agreed” for Saudi Arabia on a still-to-be-determined date.
With his great win over Ilunga Makabu, veteran warrior Badou Jack breathed fresh life into an already accomplished career, his ripping of the WBC cruiserweight title seeing “The Ripper” become a three-time titlist.
Tommy Fury (9-0, 4 KOs) did an admirable job in defeating the famous Youtuber Jake Paul (6-1, 4 KOs), outboxing him to win an eight round split decision on Sunday night at the Diriyah Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Today in Saudi Arabia on the heavily hyped Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury card, the co-feature that many boxing fans saw as the real main event, between defending WBC cruiserweight champ and challenger Badou Jack, delivered.
Like it or not, dear boxing fans, but the main event this Sunday evening in Saudi Arabia will not be the legit, WBC world title fight between defending cruiserweight champ Ilunga Makabu and challenger and former 168 and 175 pound belt holder Badou Jack.