Information reached The Ring that Lukasz Rozanski will face Badou Jack later this 12 months in Saudi Arabia.
The 2 will contest Rozanski’s WBC bridgerweight title [Editor’s Note: The Ring doesn’t recognize the bridgerweight division.] Rozanski had been on account of face his necessary challenger Kevin Lerena, nonetheless, the South African has agreed to take a step apart charge to permit Rozanski to face Jack, with the settlement that Lerena will then face the winner.
It’s believed that Rozanski-Jack has to happen earlier than November 30. In the meantime, Lerena will see motion in opposition to an as but unknown opponent at residence in South Africa on November 25.
It’s an fascinating transfer from Jack, who’s simply a few weeks faraway from talks to face boxing’s greatest star Canelo Alvarez. Though the Dubai-based fighter will spot Rozanski weight, he’ll enter the battle because the pre-fight favourite.
Rozanski (15-0, 14 knockouts) turned skilled in his native Poland in 2015, the place all of his fights up to now have taken place. The 37-year-old has received the nationwide title.
The large-punching Pole owns wins over as soon as touted Izuagbe Ugonoh (KO 4), former heavyweight title challenger Artur Szpilka (KO 1) and, most not too long ago, in opposition to beforehand unbeaten Alen Babic (TKO 1).
Jack (28-3-3, 17 KOs) is a former WBC tremendous middleweight titleholder, the place he made three profitable defenses. He’s by no means in a straightforward battle, he likes to check himself and, because of this, is commonly concerned in shut fights. He vacated his WBC 168-pound title and acquired his 175-pound marketing campaign off to begin by thrashing Nathan Cleverly (TKO 5), however he and then-WBC titleholder Adonis Stevenson fought to a draw. He misplaced in opposition to Marcus Browne (UD 12) and Jean Pascal (SD 12).
Nonetheless, the 39-year-old received 5 fights and rolled again the years with a formidable efficiency to beat IIunga Makabu (TKO 12) in February.
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