Badou Jack
Career, Record, Stats
Badou Jack (The Ripper) is a 41-year-old Swedish professional boxer. He is the reigning WBC cruiserweight world champion. 15 years, 6 months, and 16 days into his career, Jack's record stands at 28-3-3, which includes 17 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.
Badou Jack's Boxing Career
Badou Jack was born in Stockholm, Sweden on October 31, 1983. He made his professional debut at the age of 25 years on June 6, 2009 against Maxim Nikonorov. Jack defeated Nikonorov via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Jack became a world champion at the age of 31 after 20 professional fights. He challenged Anthony Dirrell for the WBC super-middleweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round majority decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully conquer the light-heavyweight (WBA) and cruiserweight (WBC) divisions as well to become a three-division world champion.
Jack's latest fight was a 12th-round TKO victory over Ilunga Makabu at age 39, on February 26, 2023, in which he won the WBC cruiserweight world title.
Some of Badou Jack's best fights so far have been against Adonis Stevenson, Ilunga Makabu, James DeGale, Nathan Cleverly, Richard Rivera, Anthony Dirrell, and Lucian Bute. For a complete list of Jack's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Badou Jack".
Jack has 3 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Badou Jack Losses".
Badou Jack's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
34 | Feb 26, 2023 | 39 | 
Ilunga Makabu 35 29-2 | win | TKO 12 |
33 | Aug 20, 2022 | 38 | 
Richard Rivera 31 21-0 | win | SD 10 |
32 | May 21, 2022 | 38 |  Hany Aityo | win | KO 1 |
31 | Nov 26, 2021 | 38 | Samuel Crossed | win | KO 2 |
30 | Jun 06, 2021 | 37 | Dervin Colina | win | TKO 4 |
29 | Nov 28, 2020 | 37 | Blake McKernan | win | UD 8 |
28 | Dec 28, 2019 | 36 | 
Jean Pascal 37 34-6-1 | loss | SD 12 |
27 | Jan 19, 2019 | 35 | 
Marcus Browne 28 22-0 | loss | UD 12 |
26 | May 19, 2018 | 34 | 
Adonis Stevenson 40 29-1 | draw | MD 12 |
25 | Aug 26, 2017 | 33 | 
Nathan Cleverly 30 30-3 | win | TKO 5 |
24 | Jan 14, 2017 | 33 | 
James DeGale 30 23-1 | draw | MD 12 |
23 | Apr 30, 2016 | 32 | 
Lucian Bute 36 32-3 | win | DQ 12 |
22 | Sep 12, 2015 | 31 | 
George Groves 27 21-2 | win | SD 12 |
21 | Apr 24, 2015 | 31 | 
Anthony Dirrell 30 27-0-1 | win | MD 12 |
20 | Dec 12, 2014 | 31 | Francisco Sierra | win | TKO 6 |
19 | Aug 30, 2014 | 30 | Jason Escalera | win | UD 10 |
18 | Feb 28, 2014 | 30 | Derek Edwards | loss | TKO 1 |
17 | Dec 06, 2013 | 30 | 
Rogelio Medina 25 31-4 | win | TKO 6 |
16 | Sep 12, 2013 | 29 | Marco Antonio Peribán | draw | MD 10 |
15 | Jul 19, 2013 | 29 | Farah Ennis | win | UD 10 |
14 | May 04, 2013 | 29 | Michael Gbenga | win | KO 3 |
13 | Feb 23, 2013 | 29 | Don Mouton | win | UD 8 |
12 | Feb 02, 2013 | 29 | Jonel Tapia | win | KO 1 |
11 | May 11, 2012 | 28 | Alexander Brand | win | SD 8 |
10 | Mar 07, 2012 | 28 | Grover Young | win | UD 6 |
9 | Dec 25, 2011 | 28 | Adam Collins | win | TKO 1 |
8 | Oct 21, 2011 | 27 | Eddie Caminero | win | TKO 5 |
7 | Jul 29, 2011 | 27 | Timothy Hall Jr. | win | TKO 2 |
6 | Jun 04, 2011 | 27 | Hajro Sujak | win | TKO 5 |
5 | Sep 10, 2010 | 26 | Aliaksandr Paluyanau | win | TKO 3 |
4 | Nov 14, 2009 | 26 | Aleksandrs Taputs | win | TKO 1 |
3 | Sep 04, 2009 | 25 | Vadim Chromych | win | TKO 3 |
2 | Aug 08, 2009 | 25 | Dmitry Gavrilov | win | KO 1 |
1 | Jun 06, 2009 | 25 | Maxim Nikonorov | win | UD 4 |