Badou Jack Backing Gennady Golovkin: He Will Stop Canelo!

By Edward Chaykovsky

As the holder of the WBC super middleweight championship, Badou Jack could one day become a target for some of the top middleweights who have aspirations to move up in weight.

A major middleweight fight is on the horizon, with a unification between WBC champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs) and WBA/IBO/IBF champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs). 

Jack was ringside for the recent title defense by Canelo, who knocked out Amir Khan in the sixth round to retain his belt at a catch-weight of 155-pounds.

Jack was rooting for Khan, but always felt the boxer would be too small to be a real threat to Canelo.

"He’s very fast, he’s got good movement, he’s a good boxer. I knew he was going to do good the first couple of rounds but I felt he was going to get caught, but anything can happen in boxing. I was rooting for Khan, he showed a lot of heart, he went up two weight classes to fight a strong warrior like Canelo and my hat’s off to him," Jack told On The Ropes Boxing Radio..

"He’s got a lot of heart so I don’t think he’s going to retire. He’s been knocked out a couple of times so you never know how he’s going to look, but he’s probably going to fight at 147lbs next time so he’ll be able to take those punches better than Canelo’s. You never know but I wish him all the best though."

Jack hopes the fight between Canelo and Golovkin takes place, and he's picking GGG to win the fight by way of stoppage. He says Canelo, as champion, should not avoid his mandatory obligation.

"I don’t know [if it will happen], I hope so. [Canelo] said he wanted to fight him, and if you’re the middleweight champion, you should fight the mandatory guy. I fought my mandatory on my defense and I don’t have as much experience as those guys, but yeah he should fight him, that’s what I think," Jack said. "I think Golovkin would stop him."