Marcus Browne will have a vested interest in the outcome of the Badou Jack-Jean Pascal light heavyweight bout on the Gervonta Davis-Yuriorkis Gamboa card Saturday in Atlanta .
“Good fight,” the 29-year-old contender told Boxing Junkie. “I want the winner. I feel like I deserve the winner.”
So much so that Browne (23-1, 16 knockouts) will be ringside for the fight. Browne has a bit of history with both fighters. He dominated Jack in a career-best performance in January, winning a wide decision. He didn’t fare as well with Pascal, who knocked down the Staten Island native three times in August en route to a technical decision. The fight was stopped in the eighth round because of a cut over Browne’s brow. Repeated headbutts initiated by Pascal played a role in that, Browne said.
“(Pascal) was coming at me with his head since the second round, and the referee never warned him, never did anything,” Browne said. “It’s boxing, I don’t complain. I just want a rematch.”
Depending on what happens on Saturday night, he’d also be fine with a rematch against Jack.
“Leonard Ellerbe said [Jack] was flat that night,” Browne said. “So, I mean, if he was flat, I respect it, and I’ll give him another shot. Maybe he won’t be flat. Hell yeah, why not?”
After he takes care of business against Saturday’s winner, he wants the other titleholders in the division, Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev.
“I don’t care which champions I’m going to fight, I’m with whatever champion that wants to fight me,” Browne said. “I’m looking to get the rematch and fighting one of those titleholders.”
But will Browne, an Al Haymon-advised boxer, be able to get those fights when Bivol is aligned with Eddie Hearn/DAZN and Beterbiev is linked with Top Rank/ESPN?
“Bulls—, man. It’s boxing, man,” Browne said. “If the guys want the fights, it can happen, man. And if the fans want the fight, it can happen. And if it makes sense, it can happen. Why not? Gary Russell fought (Vasiliy) Lomachenko, right? That was two sides of the street, right? They had to go down the same block, right?
“It’s boxing, it’s possible. It can happen. That’s where I’m at. I want it if they want it.”