Who won Jack vs Bute?
Badou Jack drew with Lucian Bute by majority draw in their 12 round contest on Saturday 30th April 2016 at Armory in Washington.
The scorecards were announced as 114-114, 114-114, 117-111, meaning it was a majority draw.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).
This contest was for the WBC super middleweight championship of the world.
Jack vs Bute stats
Back in April 2016, Badou Jack stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Lucian Bute made his way to the ring with a record of 32 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 25 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Bute had advantage in power over Jack, with a 78% knock out percentage over Jack's 60%.
Badou Jack was the younger man by 4 years, at 33 years old.
Bute had a height advantage of 1 inch over Jack. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.
Badou Jack fought out of the orthodox stance, while Lucian Bute was a southpaw.
Jack was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 less fights, and made his debut in 2009, 5 year and 6 months later than Bute, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 35 less professional rounds, 220 to Bute's 255.
Jack vs Bute form
Bute had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to James DeGale on 28th November 2015 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Centre Videotron, Quebec City, Canada.
Previous to that, he had beat Andrea Di Luisa on 15th August 2015 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Bell Centre, Montreal.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jean Pascal on 18th January 2014 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Bell Centre, Montreal.
Before that, he had won against Denis Grachev on 3rd November 2012 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Bell Centre, Montreal.
He had lost to Carl Froch on 26th May 2012 by technical knockout in the 5th round in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Activity check
Jack's last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 8 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.
Bute's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.
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