Badou Jack vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Bout Possible?

By Victor Salazar 

New York, New York - Badou Jack ‘The Ripper’ (21-1-1, 12 KO’s) is certainly in the running for 2015 'comeback fighter of the year' and can quite possibly be a candidate for fighter of the year. 

During the time he was one of Mayweather Promotions' prized prospects, he suffered a first round knockout loss to Derek Edwards.

Since that defeat, Jack hooked up with strength and conditioning coach Angel ‘Memo’ Heredia. The results have been excellent.

Jack has won four straight and in 2015 he won his first world title at 168 by defeating previously unbeaten Anthony Dirrell in April of this year. He followed up that performance by defending his world title successfully against Britain’s George Groves on the undercard of his Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto last month on Showtime Pay-Per-View.

So what would be next for Jack?

According to the strength and conditioning coach, he may be preparing Jack for a big money fight with Julio Cesar Chavez.

“Jack is doing well and he’s had a fantastic year. We’re looking to either close the year out or open out the year out. It’s early but we’re possibly looking at fighting Chavez Jr. Badou actually called me a few days ago and said we’re just waiting on Floyd Mayweather to see what the next agenda is.”

Though Chavez Jr. has said he would like to fight at 168 and that’s where Jack holds his world title, Chavez has been unsuccessful in getting under 170-pounds in his last two fights.

Chavez has been very vocal with his demand for a fight against Jack in 2016. He wants to become the first Mexican fighter to win a world title at super middleweight. The Mexican star has already spoken to his manager, Al Haymon, regarding the possibility of this fight taking place next year.