After a two-year layoff, Badou Jack will continue his Saudi Arabian tour opposite Ryan Rozicki in May
Ring Magazine has revealed the full undercard lineup for Canelo Alvarez’s May 3rd undisputed title fight with IBF titlist William Scull. Alongside Bruno Surace vs Jaime Munguia 2 and Martin Bakole vs Efe Ajagba, the show will see Badou Jack make his first WBC cruiserweight title defense against Ryan Rozicki.
Olympic silver medalist Marco Verde is also slated to make his professional debut.
Jack (28-3-3, 17 KO) hasn’t seen action since upsetting Ilunga Makabu for the belt in February 2023. He immediately decided to challenge for the “bridgerweight” belt, prompting the sanctioning body to designate him “champion in recess” and kick off a very long and very stupid chain of events that ended with Jack getting reinstated.
While Jack sat on the sidelines, Rozicki (20-1-1, 19 KO) rematched Yamil Peralta for the interim belt. After taking a hugely controversial split decision the first time around, Rozicki only managed a draw the second time, rendering the whole exercise fruitless.
Rozicki is over a decade younger than Jack and packs a mean punch, but Jack’s no stranger to flipping the script and Rozicki has yet to prove himself against upper-crust opposition.
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