Marcus Browne: record, next fight and profile →
According to the Staten Island Advance, light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne, 28-years-old, appeared in court on Wednesday and plead guilty to criminal contempt in the second degree after allegedly attacking his girlfriend last year.
There reached a point in his eventual loss to Marcus Browne where Badou Jack couldn’t do any more than survive the full 12 rounds. For those watching the Showtime Pay-Per-View telecast last Saturday, hearing the advice he was given in between rounds might’ve suggested his corner had all but given up as well.
Badou Jack was prepared for the notion that he would be down early versus Marcus Browne, yet confident that he’d ride out the storm and ultimately emerge victorious. Midway through their light heavyweight title eliminator last Saturday in Las Vegas, it was clear Jack wasn’t going to mount any kind of rally. Left bleeding profusely from a clash of heads in round seven, the best for which the former two-division titlist could hope in the absence of a dramatic late-rounds knockout was simply to hear the final bell.
No matter how much blood streamed from his gruesome cut, at no point did the thought of quitting enter Badou Jack’s mind. The former two-division titlist officially lost his light heavyweight title eliminator versus unbeaten Marcus Browne last Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Yet, in fighting through one of the worst cuts ever suffered in a prizefight, he left the ring as the evening’s hero in the eyes of most viewers.
Fresh out of his lopsided points win over Badou Jack in their sanctioned title eliminator, Marcus Browne had every right to believe that next up would be a showdown with defending champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
Marcus Browne (23-0, 16 KOs) defeated a bloodied Badou Jack (22-2-3, 13 KOs) by upset unanimous decision for the Interim WBA light heavyweight belt. The scores were 119-108, 117-110, 116-111. Jack suffered a gruesome five-inch cut to his forehead after an accidental clash of heads in the seventh round of the fight. The former Olympian Browne told Gray the head butt did not affect the outcome of the fight.
Browne calls out Gvozdyk - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - In the co-feature, Staten Island native Marcus Browne (23-0, 16 KOs) won defeated a bloodied Badou Jack (22-2-3, 13 KOs) by upset unanimous decision for the Interim WBA Light Heavyweight belt. The scores were 119-108, 117-110, 116-111.
Marcus Browne, Badou Jack Fight Photos Gallery - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - In the co-feature, Staten Island native Marcus Browne (23-0, 16 KOs) won defeated a bloodied Badou Jack (22-2-3, 13 KOs) by upset unanimous decision for the Interim WBA Light Heavyweight belt. The scores were 119-108, 117-110, 116-111.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - In a WBC final light heavyweight eliminator, Marcus Browne (23-0, 16 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Badou Jack (21-2-3, 13 KOs).
Marcus Browne, Badou Jack Scorecard Live BoxingScene - LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner spent most of this week cracking jokes and smiling while promoting their fight.