Who won Jack vs Groves?

Badou Jack beat George Groves by split decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 12th September 2015 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 115-112, 116-111, 113-114 in favor of winner Badou Jack.

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 Groves stats

Badou Jack stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 1  draw, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

George Groves made his way to the ring with a record of 21 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 16 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Groves had advantage in power over Jack, with a 76% knock out percentage over Jack's 63%.

Badou Jack was the older man by 4 years, at 39 years old.

Jack had a height advantage of 1 inch over Groves. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Badou Jack & George Groves fought out of an orthodox stance.

Jack's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Groves', having had 2 less fights, and made his debut in 2009, 6 months later than Groves, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 52 more professional rounds, 220 to Groves' 168.

Jack vs Groves form

Jack 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 defeated Blake McKernan on 28th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Dignity Health Sports Park, California, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had defeated Nathan Cleverly on 26th August 2017 by technical knockout in the 5th round in their WBA World Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

Jack's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

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