Badou Jack
| Badou Jack | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Johannes Gabriel Badou Nyberg |
| Nickname(s) | The Ripper |
| Rated at | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Reach | 185 cm (73 in) |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Born |
31 October 1983 , Sweden |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 24 |
| Wins | 20 |
| Wins by KO | 12 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 3 |
Johannes Gabriel Badou Nyberg (born 31 October 1983), best known as Badou Jack, is a Swedish professional boxer who held the WBC super middleweight title from 2015 to 2017. As an amateur he reached the first round of the middleweight bracket at the 2008 Olympics.
Jack began his amateur boxing career in 2001 at the age of 18. He held a record of 150 wins and 25 losses. He won Sweden's national championship five years in a row, 2004-2008, 4 times at middleweight and once at light heavyweight. In 2007, Jack was named the boxer of the year by the Swedish Boxing Federation. In his last national championship in 2008 he defeated fellow rising star Erik Skoglund in the finals. He represented Sweden at light-heavyweight before changing to Gambia, where he qualified for the 2008 Games.
At the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament he breezed through the competition to win; the final was a shutout win over DR Congo's Herry Saliku Biembe. Jack qualified for the 2008 Olympics for Gambia in the middleweight division, and was the nation's flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies. He lost in the first round to India's Vijender Singh.
Jack started his professional career in his native Sweden where he won his debut fight by unanimous decision on June 6, 2009. His next four fights was contested in Sweden and Finland, with Jack winning each by KO/TKO, two in the first round.
After meeting former heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs at a Swedish boxing event, held in honor of the Swedish boxing legend Ingemar Johansson in 2009, where Jack was fighting and Briggs was brought in as a guest, Jack would move to the United States in 2010 to train with Briggs and eventually sign with Lou DiBella and the Warrior Boxing Promotions in 2011, bringing his 5-0 record over to the states.
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