Badou Jack Discusses Benavidez vs. Dirrell and Wilder vs. Fury

By Ryan Burton

Badou Jack became a two-division champion when he stopped Nathan Cleverly last August on the the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor pay-per-view undercard.

The promotion became the second highest grossing event of all time just behind the highly anticipated Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao showdown.

Prior to that fight, the Mayweather Promotions' fighter held the WBC super middleweight title. Jack successfully defended the green strap three times before moving up in weight.

The current holder of that WBC title is David Benavidez who captured it with a split decision victory over Ronald Gavril. In February he punctuated his championship claim with a dominant decision victory over Gavril in their rematch.

Next up for Benavidez is a fight against Anthony Dirrell and Jack believes that the Phoenix native could be the best out there in the weight class.

"David Benavidez is good. I like him. I think he could be the best guy at 168 right now. I like the way he fought Ronald the last fight. He has a bright future," Jack told BoxingScene.com.

Another fight Jack was asked about is the potential Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury pay-per-view fight that is being target for November or December.  While Wilder will be a sizable favorite, Jack doesn't dismiss the lineal champion Fury who will be one of the few fighters who has a height advantage over the 6'7" Wilder.

"That is a good fight. Wilder is a bigger puncher. Fury is kind of athletic for being that big. Fury can win but Wilder can win too.  That is a good fight," Jack reasoned.

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