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Badou Jack

World boxing champion

Born 1983

Badou Jack represented The Gambia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics before becoming a world champion in professional boxing. Born in Sweden with Gambian heritage, he won the WBC super-middleweight title in 2015. His later achievements included world titles at light-heavyweight and cruiserweight.

THEIR MARK ON HISTORY

01Represented The Gambia at Beijing 2008.

02Won the WBC super-middleweight world title in 2015.

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SOURCES & FURTHER READING01Wikipedia biography

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