Badou Jack's Title-Fight Return Prompts Crossed Fingers, Held Breath

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2 spots at 200 pounds with the WBA and WBO, third with the WBC and seventh with the IBF. I’m not suggesting Makabu is even the type of fighter capable of inflicting damage that’ll linger beyond Saturday night. But Jack, though far more decorated, is also a 39-year-old who’s not had a relevant win in nearly six years. Fights for WBA "world championships" are only included if no "super champion" exists in the weight class. Lyle Fitzsimmons has covered professional boxing since 1995 and written a weekly column for Boxing Scene since 2008.
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It’s not a dream fight in Ireland, but Katie Taylor can embrace this weekend as a different kind of homecoming. The two-division champ and reigning undisputed lightweight queen is set for her fourteenth overall defense of at least one lightweight title as she faces Argentina’s Karen Elizabeth Carabajal. Both boxers made weight for their scheduled ten-round championship fight, which headlines a Matchroom Boxing-promoted DAZN show from OVO Arena Wembley in London. Taylor (21-0, 6KOs) weighed 134.6 pounds as she enters her sixteenth career title fight while returning to the site of her pro debut. Buenos Aires’ Carabajal (19-0, 2KOs) was 134.2 pounds for her first career title fight as well as her first pro trip outside of Argentina.

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