DUBAI, UAE – Former super middleweight and light heavyweight world champion Badou Jack (24-3-3, 14 KOs), is finalizing his preparations and training camp in Dubai for his first campaign at cruiserweight.
Two division world champion Badou Jack (24-3-3, 14 KOs) is pumped about being back in action against an opponent TBA on November 26th in Dubai, in a co-promotion between his Badou Jack Promotions and the newly launched promotion, Probellum.
The Swedish cruiserweight will take on Al Sands of the US at Motospace Dubai Investment Park on Nov. 26
In a little over two weeks, twice-world-champion Badou Jack will compete in the co-main event at the D4G Promotions boxing show, and the former two-division world champion is looking forward to performing in front of a Dubai crowd for the first time in his career.
Here’s how it all went down at one of the biggest fight nights Dubai has ever seen
On Friday evening boxing royalty, Dubai elite and some of the biggest content creators in the world gathered at FIVE Palm Jumeriah for Knockout Night, one of the biggest mixed martial arts and fight nights Dubai has ever seen.
Read moreFormer WBC Super Middleweight and WBA Light Heavyweight Champion, Badou Jack took another step outside of the ring and in his entrepreneurial ventures by hosting his first ever Boxing/Kickboxing card under the newly established Badou Jack Promotions & Events LLC at the Five Palm Jumeirah resort in Dubai on Friday, May 3rd.
The former 2 division champion launched his UAE based company earlier this year & plans on establishing Dubai as the “Las Vegas of the Middle East”. “Badou Jack Promotions just put on our first event featuring an amazing night of professional Boxing and Kickboxing in front of a sold out crowd on Friday and we are just getting started” stated Badou Jack.
Dubai: FIVE Palm Jumeirah’s Vista Ballroom, Dubai’s spanking new entertainment venue, was home to an evening of explosive championship boxing on Thursday night that threatened the bring the roof down on an elite gathering of celebrities and A listers
Right from the opening bell that signalled the start of the multinational fight-card the audience were treated to a series of adrenaline-filled contests that culminated in a thrilling headline act that saw the emergence of an exciting new cruiserweight boxing sensation, Viddal Riley.
Weigh-ins for Dubai’s latest adrenaline pumping event in boxing and kickboxing, the Knockout Night showcasing the very best of international and regional boxers and kickboxers, was held at The Penthouse FIVE Palm Jumeirah on Thursday.
A premium lifestyle hotel, FIVE Palm Jumeirah have joined forces with Two Division World Champion Badou Jack Promotions to present this landmark event to be held on Friday that will also feature local fighters, including Majid Al Nagbi and Saudi Arabia’s Julaidan Abdulfatah.
From almost next to nothing to two top events in the space of two months, Dubai, the Maximum City, couldn’t have asked for anything more.
After Round 10 Boxing Club hosted ‘The Fight DXB Uncovered’ last month with two belts – the WBC International super-flyweight title and the WBO European featherweight title on the line, the city braces itself for another big boxing event titled ‘Knockout Night at FIVE Palm Jumeirah,’ on Friday night.
Badou Jack Promotions and Events’ first event will have YouTube sensation and amateur boxer KSI and two-time world boxing champion Amir Khan in attendance. Former world boxing champion Badou Jack has launched a UAE-based events company.
Badou Jack Promotions and Events will mark its debut on Friday May 3 next, with a boxing and mixed martial arts event at Five Palm Jumeriah in Dubai.