Former light heavyweight champion Badou Jack was unable to talk to the media after his fight against Marcus Browne, but eventually was able to explain his side of the story regarding the bout.
Jack was unable to be reached after losing to Browne on the co-main event of the January 19 Showtime pay-per-view card from Las Vegas. Jack would suffer a horrendous cut in the seventh round, bleeding profusely throughout the remainder of the fight, losing by unanimous decision.
Days after the fight ended, Jack and Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe hosted a conference call in which only a select few media outlets was invited. Fightful took part of the conference call and compiled a Twitter thread, which can be seen below, of some of the noteworthy things said. Some of the topics discussed include Jack's cut across his forehead, when will he return to action and traveling to the Middle East for his humanitarian work.
Badou Jack and Leonard Ellerbe is hosting a conference call right now for the media. Jack was not able to talk to the media after his loss to Marcus Browne due to the nasty cut he received in the fight. Ellerbe called it the worst cut he's ever seen.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
Amer Abdallah, co-founder of the Badou Jack Foundation, is also on the call.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
Badou Jack is now on the call. He said he feels great and that things happen. He said they called in a plastic surgeon to fix the cut after the fight.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
I asked Badou Jack if he thought the fight was going to be stopped at one point and if the cut bothered him? He said he's a warrior and that it was just a cut, something that wasn't going to stop him. There were a couple of times when the doctor threatened to stop the fight.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
I asked Leonard Ellerbe what the plan for Badou Jack is next after losing to Marcus Browne. Ellerbe said the plan is for Jack to rest and will be heading to the Middle East this week to continue his humanitarian work. Ellerbe wants Jack to take a nice, long rest.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
Badou Jack said if it was up to him, he would fight next month, but his in-ring future is not up to him.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
Badou Jack on how the fight against Marcus Browne would have gone had Jack not gotten the nasty cut on his forehead in the 7th round: "Only God knows."
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
Badou Jack reiterated that a cut was not going to stop him and his corner tried to calm him down in the later rounds of the fight.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
Badou Jack has a laugh talking about referee Tony Weeks' shirt being completely covered in blood due to Jack's horrible cut in his fight against Marcus Browne: "Tony Weeks looked like he was delivering a baby or something. [laughs]"
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
Badou Jack downplays the severity of the cut, saying it wasn't a big deal. Jack said that there may have been around 100 stitches to fix his forehead and is getting his head checked out today, but forgot to add how many stitches he did ended up receiving.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
Badou Jack called his fight against Marcus Browne the worst one of his career.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
Badou Jack on the attention his cut has received on social media: "It's been crazy. I have had tens of thousands of mail in my inbox. I haven't read 10 percent of it."
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
Badou Jack will be traveling around the Middle East for his Badou Jack Foundation humanitarian work as well as doing some business work for the next few weeks.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToro360) January 22, 2019
You can listen to Jack and Ellerbe talking to Fightful during the conference call at the video above.
