Ryan Rozicki’s promoter, Three Lions Promotions, won today’s World Boxing Council-ordered purse bid for his fight with Badou Jack, securing Rozicki a long-awaited cruiserweight title shot.
The bout pits Jack, 28-3-3 (17 KOs), the WBC cruiserweight champion, against his mandatory challenger in Rozicki, 20-1-1 (19 KOs).
“We won the rights to promote the WBC Cruiserweight world championship,” Dan Otter of Three Lions Promotions said. “We look forward to hosting the Jack vs. Rozicki world title fight this April in Canada.”
Three Lions Promotions was the lone bidder.
The 29-year-old Rozicki, who was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and lives in Hamilton, Ontario, has failed to stop just one of the 20 opponents he has fought.
Rozicki had been the mandatory challenger for former WBC Cruiserweight World Champion Noel Mikaelyan, 27-2 (12 KOs), but Mikaelyan failed to make a title defense, despite the WBC ordering him to fight mandatory challenger Rozicki. The WBC recently named Mikaelyan its “Champion In Recess”, elevating Jack, who had previously been the WBC “Champion In Recess.” Jack never defended the WBC title he captured February 26, 2023, with a stoppage of Ilunga Makabu in the 12th round.
“It’s my time to win this title,” Rozicki commented. “I have waited long enough. It doesn’t matter where the fight takes place, I’m leaving with that belt.”
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