Swedish boxer Badou Jack will be back in the ring on August 20 to face undefetead Richard “Popeye the Sailor Man” Rivera. Photo: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Swedish boxer Badou Jack will soon be back in the ring. On August 20, the former world champion is set to fight undefeated Richard “Popeye the Sailor Man” Rivera.
“Alhamdulillah we’re back at it on August 20th in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk,” Jack recently wrote on social media.
On August 20 heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will defend the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles against former champion Anthony Joshua.
The fight will be the first defence of Usyk’s world heavyweight titles, while his opponent will have his twelfth consecutive world heavyweight title fight. If Joshua wins he will become a three-time world heavyweight champion.
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Badou Jack rides a four-fight win streak
Badou “The Ripper” Jack is a former world champion in two weight classes and held the WBC super-middleweight title between 2014 and 2017, as well as the WBA light-heavyweight title in 2017.
The Swedish pugulist currently rides a four-fight win streak with just one of the bouts going the distance. He last took a first round KO-win against Hany Aityo at the Etihad Arena on May 21. Jack has a record of 26-3-3, with 16 knock outs.
His opponent Richard “Popeye the Sailor Man” Rivera has a record of 21-0, with 16 knock outs.
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