Las Vegas (December 19, 2017) – Ngemva kokuthi i-DEBUT ozwakalayo ekukhanyeni division sosondonzima, ezimbili-division emhlabeni iqhawe Badou Jack ifuna ukusebenzisa 2018 ukufakazela ukuthi kuyinto phezulu 175-ganda wokulwa ezweni futhi omunye the best iphawundi i-ganda fighters in the mdlalo.

“I am 100 amaphesenti beqiniseka ikhono lami ukusithatha futhi abashaya ubani division,” wathi Jack. “Ngingumfana osanda kufika e-sosondonzima ukukhanya, kodwa Sengivele wazibonakalisa ngiyilungu. Ngithathe ngokubeka wonke heavyweights ukukhanya oku isaziso.”

ukukhanya aseqala sosondonzima Jack sika embona inselelo WBA iqhawe Nathan ngobuqili uma kwenzeka co-main we Mayweather vs. McGregor ashisa izikhotha Yimpi ngo-August phambi izigidi. Jack wabusa isenzo kusukela ekuqaleni futhi wayeka iqhawe e round yesihlanu ube umnikazi isihloko yezwe yesibili ekilasini isisindo.

“Ngemva win yami ngokumelene ngobuqili, Sengilungele ukubhekisela izimpi ezinkulu laphaya,” wathi Jack. “Ngiyazi ukuthi uma ngikwenza kuze kube amakhono ami, Ngizofika Ukusetha Indlela lokuhlanganisa izihloko. Ngisanda kuzodingeka ngiyithathe asilwe ngesikhathi.”

uJack waqala 2017 ngokubeka phezu ukusebenza amadlingozi Fight Yonyaka ikhandidethi ngokumelene ke IBF Super middleweight World Champion James DeGale. The unification showdown on January 14 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn ended in a controversial draw, naphezu izingqapheli eziningi ringside beshaya mpi umusa Jack sika.

“Ukubeka ngokwami ​​impumelelo ngonyaka ozayo ngeke ibe khona ngaphandle kokuba enkulu 2017,” baqhubeka Jack. “Ukukhahlela unyaka nge ukulwa ubunye ngokumelene noJakobe DeGale ukuthi indlela engcono kakhulu ukuqala, futhi yize ngifika babamba inkunzi, kwaba usuku olukhulu kimi kanye nethimba lami. Ngafunda okuningi futhi nakanjani yazuza abalandeli abasha kuleli kanye nasemazweni aphesheya.”

Wazalelwa e-Sweden kanye nokulwa aphume Las Vegas, the 2008 Olympian ngoba Gambia kayise bomdabu kuyinto iqhawe emhlabeni ngomqondo truest izwi. Jack ibilokhu oqokiwe kulo nyaka okwesibili e-Sweden lwakubo ngokuba Male Athlete umklomelo wonyaka ka ngesikhathi ehlonishwa Svenska idrottsgalla. Kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani e iringi, iyawina Jack enkulu kuyoba lokuzalwa oluzayo wengane yakhe yesibili ngoMashi.

“Ngakwazi ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi nomndeni wami 2017 futhi mina lazise ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuthi,” wathi Jack. “Balance kuyisihluthulelo kulo mdlalo futhi empilweni. Nge enye ingane eza, Ngibheke phambili Ngokuqhubeka ukulandela amaphupho wami njengoba kwenza ubaba, umyeni futhi iqhawe emhlabeni.”

Nge izimpi ezinkulu futhi elisha umndeni endleleni, Jack uyazi ukuthi lona unyaka ukusizakala isimo ekuso njengethuba iqhawe emhlabeni ngamazwe ukuba alethwe ezinyoni, kuhlanganise ibhizinisi futhi izimisele yesihle ukuthi uzobe umemezele e 2018.

“Mina ibe nezimpande eziqinile futhi ngithwala ifa lami nami njalo uma Ngifaka iringi,” wathi Jack. “Mina sinomthwalo wemfanelo ukuba bathobeke futhi babe iqhawe abantu. Ngivakashele eziningi izindawo ezintsha e 2017 futhi ngempela enwetshiwe umbono wami emhlabeni. Ngikulungele ukuthwala nyaka futhi wenze ithimba lami, umndeni nabalandeli uyaziqhenya njalo ngithola ithuba.”