Facing an overmatched opponent in Black McKernan, Jack was relentless with his combinations as he punished the body and then continuously blasted away at the head en route to a lopsided decision as part of the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. pay-per-view main card.
While most didn’t expect the fight to even make it to the judges’ scorecards, all three officials gave Jack the fight 80-72 as he returns to the win column for the first time since 2017.
The light heavyweight clash was billed as a mismatch on paper and nothing happened during the course of the contest to dispel that analysis.
From the very start of the action, Jack was walking down McKernan and displaying crisp, technical combinations while digging to the body and going back up top to the head. Jack was picking and choosing his shots while avoiding the wild haymakers coming back in return from McKernan, who just had no answer for the former WBC and WBA champion.
Again and again, Jack was just targeting and firing at McKernan’s midsection with machine-gun like punches.
Despite the damage he was taking, McKernan refused to go away but he was getting out boxed in lopsided fashion. The fact that McKernan was able to walk out for the start of the fifth round was probably a lot longer than most predicted heading into Saturday night.
Still, Jack was throwing with more pop behind his punches as the fight moved forward as he sought to put McKernan away before the final bell. Deep into the sixth round, Jack was just aiming and blasting away at McKernan, who was taking a lot of shots while his pace was noticeably slowing down.
With three minutes remaining, Jack was constantly going for the kill with McKernan doing his absolute best to make it to the final bell. When the final bell rang, McKernan had a gigantic hematoma on the side of his head and Jack probably had sore hands after teeing off on his opponent for the better part of 24 minutes.
While it probably won’t end up as a highlight on his overall resume, Jack still put together a strong performance over eight rounds with hopes that he’ll now be able to pursue a rematch against Jean Pascal, who beat him in a razor-close split decision in December 2019.
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