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BADOU JACK AND JAMES DeGALE RETAIN TITLES ON MAJORITY DRAW

15/01/2017 - 13:16:49

 

 

DeGale and Jack trade knockdowns in entertaining unification bout

 

James DeGale and Badou Jack draw world super-middleweight fight as DeGale loses tooth from Jack blow

By Gareth A Davies and Barney Henderson - telegraph.co.uk

  •     Draw in WBC and IBF super-middleweight unification fight
  •     Jack knocks down DeGale in final round while DeGale knocks down Jack in first round
  •     DeGale loses a tooth in the fight, while the referee Arthur Mercante Jr was accidentally struck by Jack
  •     Floyd Mayweather, promoter, outraged by decision

James DeGale climbed off the canvas in the final round to claim a majority draw against Badou Jack in their world super-middleweight unification title fight at the Barclays Center in New York.

IBF champion DeGale knocked down Jack in the opening round but the WBC titlist grew into the bout and finished the stronger of the two, flooring the Londoner, who got to his feet to hear the final bell.

The final knockdown proved decisive as DeGale was given the nod 114-112 on one of the judges' cards but the other two scored the contest 113-113, with both fighters keeping their titles after a thrilling night in Brooklyn.

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James DeGale, Badou Jack Battle To A Heartpounding Majority Draw

Josh Katzowitz - forbes.com

POSTFIGHT: The judges have it 114-112 for DeGale, 113-113, and 113-113, and the decision is a majority draw. Both champs retain their belts.

Badou Jack thinks he won the fight. James DeGale thinks he won the fight.

"Let's do it again," DeGale says to Jack. Responds Jack: "Let's do it again ... at light heavyweight."

Asked by Showtime's Jim Gray if he would fight DeGale again at the 168-pound super middleweight limit, he said he would. But then Jack says he's going to light heavyweight anyway. Promoter Floyd Mayweather says Jack has gotten too big for super middleweight (and to be fair, that's what Jack was saying before the fight started).

Jim Gray is trying to play promoter and sign a rematch right now. Mayweather thinks this wasn't a fair decision for his fighter, Jack. "This is bad for boxing," Mayweather said. Says Gray: "This was a great night for boxing."

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James DeGale-Badou Jack bout ends in draw

totallypopculture.com

NEW YORK — James DeGale and Badou Jack, with so much on the line in the first major bout of the year, put on a tremendous fight with enormous stakes. They were meeting to unify their super middleweight world titles and to earn recognition as the clear-cut best 168-pound fighter in the world.

And now they probably will have to do it again after the action-packed fight ended in a draw with judge Glenn Feldman scoring the bout 114-112 for DeGale and judges Julie Lederman and Steve Weisfeld both scoring it 113-113.

ESPN.com also scored the fight 114-112 for DeGale, who barely survived a brutal 12th round before 10,128 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Both fighters retained their belts for the fourth time.

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