Hamburg – Veteran cruiserweight Badou Jack, once again the WBC champion, aims to fight the winner of this year’s highly anticipated fight between Jai Opetaia and Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez. 2025
Opetaia, the IBF champion, and Ramirez, the WBA and WBO title holder, are likely to meet later this year, while Jack, who last fought in February 2023, hopes he will face the winner.
He is in Hamburg. Germany to attend the WBC meeting to state his demands And he said:
“I waited about a year and a half to get back into the ring. The politics of boxing keep me away. But I’m in the gym, I’m ready, I’m waiting.”
He watched the Australian program Opetaia. And saw highlights of Ramirez dethroning Chris Billum-Smith for the WBO title by decision recently.
“A lot of people are crazy about Opetaia,” said Jack, who stopped Ilunga Makabu in 12 rounds to win the WBC belt. “He’s a good fighter and I think I’m the only one who called him out. If I have to take care of regulations or whatever. I will make a group.
“I saw a little bit of that fight. (Zurdo-Billum-Smith) Zurdo looks pretty good. I heard that Opetaia and Zurdo are getting together. Hopefully I can fight the winner on that one.
“Opetaia hasn’t really proven himself apart from (Mairis) Bredis, who is a good fighter, but you don’t know, style makes fights. in terms of ability I like the way he (Opetaia) fights. He’s good. Zurdo punches hard. He has a lot of experience as well. It was a good fight, it might have been 50/50.”
On Wednesday, the WBC reinstated Jack as champion. and ordered him to fight Ryan Rozicki. Noel Mikaelyan was crowned champion during the break. “Now I am back and ready to unite the divide,” Jack posted on social media.
