Las Vegas (December 19, 2017) – Mgbe nnọọ mpụta mbụ ke ìhè Heavyweight nkewa, abụọ na-nkewa n'ụwa onye mmeri Badou Jack na-na-achọ iji 2018 iji gosi na ọ bụ n'elu 175-paụnd fighter na ụwa na otu nke kasị mma pound na-pound alụso na egwuregwu.

“M 100 percent obi ike na m ike na-na na-eti onye ọ bụla na nkewa,” kwuru Jack. “M ọhụrụ ahụ bịaranụ na ìhè Heavyweight, ma m ama owụt m bụ nke. M na-etinye niile ìhè heavyweights on amamọkwa.”

Jack ìhè Heavyweight mpụta mbụ hụrụ ya aka WBA mmeri Netan Jiri akọ na ngalaba-isi ihe omume nke Mayweather vs. McGregor blockbuster showdown na August n'ihu ọtụtụ nde. Jack adịkwaghị edinam si mmalite na kwụsịrị ndị mmeri na-ise gburugburu na-a ụwa aha njide a abụọ arọ òtù.

“Mgbe m mmeri megide Jiri akọ, Adị m njikere iji nwaa nnukwu ọgụ si n'ebe,” kwuru Jack. “M maara na ọ bụrụ na m na-eme ruo m ikike, M na-aga ka a ụzọ n'ebe dịrị n'otu utu aha. M nnọọ ga-ewere ya otu agha na a oge.”

Jack malitere 2017 site n'itinye na a na-akpali akpali arụmọrụ a Ọgụ nke Year nwa akwukwo megide mgbe IBF Super Middleweight World onye mmeri James DeGale. The unification showdown on January 14 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn ended in a controversial draw, n'agbanyeghị ọtụtụ ringside ekiri isi agha na Jack ná mma.

“Isetịpụ onwe m maka ihe ịga nke ọma maka n'afọ ọzọ ga-agaghị ekwe omume na-enweghị na-enwe oké 2017,” nọgidere Jack. “Agba kwụsịrị afọ na ịdị n'otu agha megide James DeGale e ụzọ kasị mma na-amalite, na ọ bụ ezie na m lụrụ na-apụnara, ọ bụ a nnukwu abalị n'ihi na m na m otu. Amụtara m ọtụtụ ihe na maa nweela ọhụrụ Fans ebe a na mba.”

A mụrụ na Sweden na-alụ ọgụ nke Las Vegas, na 2008 Olympia maka nna ya na nwa afọ Gambia bụ a n'ụwa onye mmeri na truest uche nke okwu. Jack e nominated afọ a nke ugboro abụọ ya nwaafo Sweden maka nwoke na-eme egwuregwu nke Year award na prestigious Svenska idrottsgalla. Ma, n'agbanyeghị ihe na-eme na mgbanaka, Jack nnukwu mmeri ga-abịa ọmụmụ ya nke abụọ na nwa na March.

“M ike na-emefu a otutu oge na ezinụlọ m na 2017 m na-ahụ n'anya na,” kwuru Jack. “Balance bụ isi na nke a egwuregwu na na ndụ. Na nwa ọzọ na-abịa, Ana m atụ anya ka anọgide na-m nrọ ka a nna, di na a n'ụwa onye mmeri.”

Na nnukwu ọgụ na a ọhụrụ mgbakwunye na ezinụlọ n'ụzọ, Jack maara na nke a bụ afọ a na-capitalize na ọnọdụ ya dị ka mba n'ụwa onye mmeri iji mee ka ya ọhụrụ elu, tinyere azụmahịa na ọrụ ebere na-agbalịsi na a ga-mara ọkwa na 2018.

“M nwere ike mgbọrọgwụ na m na-ebu m nketa na m oge ọ bụla m na-abanye na-mgbanaka,” kwuru Jack. “M nwere ọrụ na-adị umeala n'obi ma na-ndị mmadụ mmeri. M gara a ọtụtụ ndị ọhụrụ na ebe na 2017 na ya n'ezie gbasaa m anya nke ụwa. M njikere iji na afọ n'ihu na-eme ka m otu, ezinụlọ na Fans mpako oge ọ bụla m na-ohere.”