Badou Jack came out on top when he challenged Ilunga Makabu for his WBC cruiserweight title at Diriyah Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, February 26. The bout served as the co-feature on the card topped by Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury live on pay-per-view.
A native of Stockholm, Sweden dominated and stopped his opponent from Kananga, Congo, dropping him to the canvas in the fourth and eleventh rounds along the way. The referee stepped in to call it a day at 54 seconds into the 12th round following a flurry of punches from the challenger.
DOWN GOES MAKABU ?@BadouJack | @MostVPromotions | #PaulFury pic.twitter.com/65EVa3Ps4F
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) February 26, 2023
With the victory by TKO, Badou Jack improved to 28-3-3, 17 KOs claimed the WBC cruiserweight belt and became a three-division world champion. Earlier in his career the 39-year-old held WBC super middleweight title and the WBA (Regular) light heavyweight strap.
35-year-old Ilunga Makabu of Kananga, Congo dropped to 29-3, 25 KOs and failed the third defense of the belt.
DROPPED HIM AGAIN ?@BadouJack | @MostVPromotions | #PaulFury pic.twitter.com/gOS6TCnMRo
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) February 26, 2023
And the new! ?@BadouJack | @MostVPromotions | #PaulFury pic.twitter.com/wCNPBX46dl
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) February 26, 2023
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