When Derek Edwards stopped him in just 61 seconds two years ago, many of the fickle boxing “experts” cast aside the notion that Badou Jack was going to ever going to live up to his potential.
After all, Edwards was a lousy 1-3-1 in his previous five bouts before squaring off against Jack and scoring one of the biggest upsets of 2014. Fast forward to today and the Swede has not only bounced back from the defeat, he captured the WBC super middleweight championship and is on the cusp of really making a name for himself in the Sweet Science.