Badou Jack landed more also connected on the harder punches, Marco Antonio Periban stayed busy all fight. Jack landed an avg. of 11 of 31 jabs per round, double the wgt. class avg. for jabs landed.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Marco Antonio Periban (20-1-1, 13KOs) and undefeated Badou Jack (15-0-1, 10KOs) fought to a ten round draw in their NABF super middleweight title fight. The scores were 96-94 for Periban, and two cards of 95-95 for the draw. Periban started fast, throwing a lot of punches to the head and especially the body. Jack was defensive and looking for openings. Jack was finding a home for his punches in the second and doing well in the third. In the fourth, Periban suffered a bad looking cut above his right eye. Periban came out strong in the fifth, working hard and landing a good amount of his shots to the body. The seventh was close with Periban outworking Jack, who landed some good punches of his own.
Ryan Burton catches up with undefeated super middleweight up and comer Badou Jack to discuss his ten round draw with Marco Antonio Periban.
LAS VEGAS, NEV. - The Shawn Porter vs. Julio Diaz II fight card on Thursday, Sept. 12 at MGM Grand Las Vegas' Premier Ballroom just keeps getting bigger and better as Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions have added hot super welterweight prospect Jermall Charlo, 2012 United States Olympian Errol Spence and Oscar De La Hoya's cousin Diego de la Hoya to the card. The action-packed event will be broadcast live on FOX Sports 2/FOX Deportes. Also in action will be promising lightweight Robert Easter Jr. and two other members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team Terrell Gausha and Dominic Breazeale.
LAS VEGAS, NEV. - The Shawn Porter vs. Julio Diaz II fight card on Thursday, Sept. 12 at MGM Grand Las Vegas' Premier Ballroom just keeps getting bigger and better as Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions have added hot super welterweight prospect Jermall Charlo, 2012 United States Olympian Errol Spence and Oscar De La Hoya's cousin Diego de la Hoya to the card. The action-packed event will be broadcast live on FOX Sports 2/FOX Deportes. Also in action will be promising lightweight Robert Easter Jr. and two other members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team Terrell Gausha and Dominic Breazeale. "This is going to be a spectacular card and a great lead in to Saturday night's fight," said CEO of Mayweather Promotions Leonard Ellerbe. "This is the biggest week in recent boxing history and this fight makes it even more impressive."
Ryan Burton catches up with super middleweight contender Marco Antonio Periban to discuss his upcoming fight with undefeated prospect Badou Jack.
Super middleweight contender Marco Antonio Periban (20-1, 13KOs) issued a warning to Mayweather Promotions and undefeated Badou Jack (15-0, 10KOs). During the final press conference, Rubio reminded everyone about his past success against a fighter promoted by Mayweather Promotions. Periban only needed 33 seconds to drill a then undefeated Dion Savage (AKA Shujaa El Amin) on February 25th of 2011 in California. Periban-Jack takes place on Saturday night as part of the Showtime Pay-Per-View undercard to Mayweather-Canelo at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
On July 19th, super middleweight contender Badou Jack (15-0) picked up the biggest win of his career when he won a one-sided unanimous decision over Farrah Ennis who was very hesitant to engage and spent most of the fight in safety first mode. Jack admitted that he wanted a knockout but said that Ennis' reluctance to exchange made it an almost impossible proposition. "It was an okay performance. I wanted a knockout but I didn't get it because that guy didn't want to fight. It was hard to stop him the way he fought. Next time we will try to get it," Jack stated.
Ryan Burton catches up with undefeated super middleweight contender Badou Jack to discuss his upcoming fight with tough Marco Antonio Periban of Mexico. The fight takes place on the Mayweather-Canelo undercard.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has advised BoxingScene.com that he finalized a tripleheader for September 12th, with three high stakes contests taking place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The card will be presented as a fight week appetizer, being presented two days before the huge Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul Alvarez Showtime Pay-Per-View, also being staged at the MGM. The tripleheader will be televised by Fox Sports 2 (formerly known as Fuel TV).