When Badou Jack and Marcus Browne meet on Saturday night, the last man standing will not only walk away as the victor but the mandatory challenger to Oleksander Gvozdyk the WBC light heavyweight champion.
At Thursday’s final press conference in Las Vegas, Jack and Brown engaged in heated exchanges with Browne calling Jack’s past opponents bums (last 5 opponents: Adonis Stevenson, Nathan Cleverly, James DeGale, Lucien Bute, George Groves) and accused him of never facing a true light heavyweight like himself while Jack questioned whether Browne has ever opposed anyone of note (last 5 opponents: Lenin Castillio, Francy Ntetu, Sean Monaghan, Thomas Williams Jr).
Speaking to BSO following the press conference, Jack said their resumes can’t even be compared and he isn’t sure if the disrespect is an act of pre-fight nervousness.
I don’t even know who his best win is. I don’t even have to say nothing. The guys that he’s fought, that I’ve fought. You can’t even compare it. With Stevenson, all those fights accept Cleverly, I was the underdog. To say Stevenson is a bum?? Ok. How many people in this room would think he would beat Stevenson? Stevenson would put him to sleep if they fought.
I got a lot of friends in New York. Everybody keeps telling me that’s an act. He’s not even like that.
So I think he’s never on this level. He’s never been in a big fight like this. It could be nerves. It’s an act.
Jack’s trainer Lou Del Valle chimed in adding the worst thing Browne could do is light the spark.
The worst thing you can do is to tell a guy as experienced as Badou Jack who’s had multiple world champion fights and multiple world championship belts is to wake him up and make him want to fight you.
Despite it’s positioning as the co-feature bout, Jack vs Browne possesses all the ingredients to steal the show from the night’s main event Manny Pacquiao vs Adrien Broner.
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