{"id":20546,"date":"2022-08-17T19:14:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T19:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight"},"modified":"2022-08-17T19:28:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T19:28:26","slug":"jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight","title":{"rendered":"JACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Gambian- Swede boxer and Two Division Boxing World Champion and \u201cPeople\u2019s Champion\u201d Badou Jack touched down with his team in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday night for his first fight in the Kingdom on the undercard of Oleksander Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua II, dubbed \u201cRage on the Red Sea\u201d.<\/p>\n

Jack was greeted by hundreds of fans who swarmed the airport hours prior to his arrival to get a glimpse and meet the former Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champion. Several Saudi dignitaries, influencers, and members of the Royal Family were present at King Abdul Aziz International Airport to welcome the champion to the Kingdom.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we were waiting in the VIP Arrivals Lounge for Badou\u2019s flight to land, airport security informed me there were more people awaiting Badou than any other fighter that arrived yet and it was becoming a security concern\u201d, Jack\u2019s Manager, Amer Abdallah stated. \u201cHe\u2019s definitely the fan favorite here, a true Muslim hero and icon to so many in this region\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so surprised to see how many fans and supporters came to the airport to welcome me\u201d Jack said. \u201cI feel right at home here in Saudi Arabia and appreciate all of the love from everyone. I\u2019m going to put on a great performance for my fans here on the 20th\u201d. Jack is scheduled to face Star Boxing\u2019s Richard Rivera an undefeated, younger prospect with an unblemished record.<\/p>\n

In his previous two outings, both in the Middle East, Jack defeated Hany Atiyo by way of a 1st round knockout on the Floyd Mayweather vs Don Moore exhibition event in Abu Dhabi, then followed up by scoring a 2nd round stoppage against Samuel Crossed in Dubai. With a victory on August 20th, he has his sights set on capturing a 3rd division world title at Cruiserweight.<\/p>\n

Source: The Gambia | Standard News From The Gambia<\/b><\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Gambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. Gambian- Swede boxer and Two Division Boxing World Champion and \u201cPeople\u2019s Champion\u201d Badou Jack touched down with his team in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday night for his first fight in the Kingdom on the undercard of Oleksander Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua II, dubbed \u201cRage on the Red Sea\u201d. Jack was greeted by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":20545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[2355,2361,7673,260,7958],"class_list":["post-20546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-fight","tag-gambia","tag-jack"],"yoast_head":"\nJACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gambian- Swede boxer and Two Division Boxing World Champion and \u201cPeople\u2019s Champion\u201d Badou Jack touched down with his tea ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gambian- Swede boxer and Two Division Boxing World Champion and \u201cPeople\u2019s Champion\u201d Badou Jack touched down with his tea ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-17T19:14:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-17T19:28:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_18-62fd413e51ad3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"528\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"JACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-17T19:14:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-17T19:28:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight\"},\"wordCount\":336,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_18-62fd413e51ad3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"FIGHT\",\"Gambia\",\"JACK\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight\",\"name\":\"JACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_18-62fd413e51ad3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-17T19:14:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-17T19:28:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Gambian- Swede boxer and Two Division Boxing World Champion and \u201cPeople\u2019s Champion\u201d Badou Jack touched down with his tea ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_18-62fd413e51ad3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_18-62fd413e51ad3.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":528,\"caption\":\"JACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"JACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"JACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT - Gambia","description":"Gambian- Swede boxer and Two Division Boxing World Champion and \u201cPeople\u2019s Champion\u201d Badou Jack touched down with his tea ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"JACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT","og_description":"Gambian- Swede boxer and Two Division Boxing World Champion and \u201cPeople\u2019s Champion\u201d Badou Jack touched down with his tea ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-08-17T19:14:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-17T19:28:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":528,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_18-62fd413e51ad3.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"JACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT","datePublished":"2022-08-17T19:14:21+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-17T19:28:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight"},"wordCount":336,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_18-62fd413e51ad3.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Gambia","FIGHT","Gambia","JACK"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight","name":"JACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_18-62fd413e51ad3.jpg","datePublished":"2022-08-17T19:14:21+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-17T19:28:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Gambian- Swede boxer and Two Division Boxing World Champion and \u201cPeople\u2019s Champion\u201d Badou Jack touched down with his tea ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_18-62fd413e51ad3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_18-62fd413e51ad3.jpg","width":720,"height":528,"caption":"JACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jack-gets-heros-welcome-in-saudia-ahead-of-fight#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"JACK GETS HERO\u2019S WELCOME IN SAUDIA AHEAD OF FIGHT"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}