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title: "Badou Jack Vacates WBC Cruiserweight Title And Fight For Vacant Belt Announced"
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author: "Tom Eaton"
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published: "2023-09-17T17:01:07Z"
modified: "2023-09-17T17:01:07Z"
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# Badou Jack Vacates WBC Cruiserweight Title And Fight For Vacant Belt Announced

Three-division world champion, Badou Jack, has made the decision to vacate his WBC Cruiserweight World title just seven months after he won the belt in Saudi Arabia.

[Jack knocked out Ilunga Makabu](<https://www.boxingscene.com/badou-jack-drops-ilunga-makabu-twice-stops-him-twelfth-wbc-title--172751#:~:text=Jack%20was%20efficient%20and%20dominant,%25%20for%20Makabu).>) in the twelfth round of their contest on the undercard of Tommy Fury’s win against Jake Paul back in February.

Now, the almost 40-year-old Swede has a new target in mind, setting his sights on becoming the WBC Bridgerweight Champion in a title challenge against Lukasz Rozanski, which is expected to be an announced imminently.

British fans can safely assume that a Tony Bellew comeback is now completely dead in the water, after the [scouser was linked to a return against Rozanski over the last couple of months.](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/tony-bellew-calls-out-world-champ/)

As Jack has vacated his cruiserweight title, [Don King Promotions](https://x.com/DonKingPrdctns/status/1702843566337200581?s=20) announced that it will stage the contest to decide a new champion. Makabu (29-3) – who lost the belt to Jack earlier this year – aims to regain it against mandatory challenger, Noel Mikaelian (26-2).

The rest of the card, which takes place on November 4 in Miami, Florida, sees a host of other recognisable faces take centre stage in one of King’s most stellar cards in recent years.

Four-time world champion Adrien Broner (35-4-1) will return for his second bout of the year, facing Chris Howard (18-2-1) in the welterweight division.

Meanwhile, Trevor Bryan (22-1) fights for the first time since his loss to Daniel Dubois, taking on Cassius Chaney (22-1), and Jonathan Guidry (19-1-2) defends his WBA NABA Heavyweight Title against Puerto Rican knockout artist, Jesus Escalera (18-0).