Why did Gustafsson, who was ranked #2, fight Jan Blachowics, who was unranked at the time???

It was a dangerous fight in hindsight, but he was coming off back to back losses and needed a win.
 
Jan did a great job with his lead hand in this fight, forced Gust to resort to wrestling.
Yeah I was surprised how well Jan did in the standup at the time, it really made me appreciate his boxing but he just couldn't stop the wrestling
 
It was also a Euro card, so pseudo hometown booking given there probably weren't a lot of options for European LHWs on that night.
 
Jan was lighting him up on the feet too so Gus went NCAA mode.
 
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