An unexpected world title fight has been announced to take place on the undercard of Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury
Makabu is best known in the UK for his 2016 fight with Tony Bellew.Bellew’s home crowd was stunned into silence in round one as the Congolese fighter knocked him down.It took Makabu three-and-a-half years to earn a second world title shot, and he did it the hard way by twice travelling to Russia for wins over Dmitry Kudryashov and Aleksei Papin.Paul vs Fury is set for February 26Makabu has since made two successful defences against Olanrewaju Durodola and Thabiso Mchunu.
With Paul vs Fury set for Saudi Arabia, the Middle Eastern organisers have began work on putting together an undercard and enlisted Makabu to defend his world title.Jack is now 39 and campaigning in the cruiserweight division.He previously won the WBC super-middleweight title when he beat Anthony Dirrell back in 2015.
Jack famously fought on several of Floyd Mayweather’s undercards as he was signed with Mayweather Promotions at the time, including a bout on the undercard of In 2020, his first cruiserweight fight in the division came in victory over Blake McKernan on the undercard of And in 2022, he previously boxed in Saudi Arabia as he beat Michel Rivera on the undercard of theTopics
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