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

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 38 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 58 less professional rounds, 197 to Bute's 255.

Jack vs Bute form

Jack had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Dervin Colina on 6th June 2021 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Hard Rock Stadium, Florida, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Blake McKernan on 28th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Dignity Health Sports Park, California.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jean Pascal on 28th December 2019 by split decision in their WBA World Light Heavyweight championship fight at State Farm Arena, Georgia.

Before that, he had lost to Marcus Browne on 19th January 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBA Interim World Light heavyweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

He had drawn with Adonis Stevenson on 19th May 2018 by majority draw in their WBC World Light heavyweight championship fight at Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada.

Activity check

Jack's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 48 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.6 rounds on average.

Bute's last 4 fights had come over a period of 9 years, 6 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 4 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Jack vs Bute?

Badou Jack was a (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Lucian Bute made his way into the ring at (+100) with oddsmakers.