Jack vs Rivera

Who won Jack vs Rivera?

Badou Jack beat Richard Rivera by split decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, August 20th, 2022, at Jeddah Superdome, Jeddah.

The scorecards were announced as 96-94, 96-94, 96-94 in favor of winner Badou Jack.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Cruiserweight division, which meant the weight limit was 200 pounds (14.3 stone or 90.7 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk beating Anthony Joshua for the IBF World Heavyweight, WBA Super World Heavyweight, WBO World Heavyweight and The Ring Heavyweight championship. Also on the undercard Callum Smith beat Mathieu Bauderlique for the WBA World Light Heavyweight belt, Filip Hrgovic defeated Zhilei Zhang, Andrew Tabiti was victorious over James Wilson, and Ben Whittaker beat Petar Nosic.

Jack vs Rivera stats

Back in August 2022, Badou Jack stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 3 losses, and 3 draws, 16 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Richard Rivera made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 21 wins and 0 draws, with 16 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Rivera had an advantage in power over Jack, with a 76% knockout percentage compared to Jack's 62%.

Badou Jack was the older man by 41 years, at 39 years old.

Jack had a height advantage of 1 inch over Rivera.

Both Badou Jack and Richard Rivera fought out of an orthodox stance.

Jack was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 years and 11 months earlier than Rivera, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 98 more professional rounds, totaling 220 compared to Rivera's 122.

Badou Jack went into the fight ranked number 3 by the WBA, 7 by the WBC, and 2 by the WBO at cruiserweight.

Jack vs Rivera form

Jack had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Samuel Crossed on November 26, 2021, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Motospace Dubai Investment Park, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Prior to that, he had won against Dervin Colina on June 6, 2021, by technical knockout in the 4th round at Hard Rock Stadium, Florida, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Blake McKernan on November 28, 2020, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Dignity Health Sports Park, California.

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

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

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Jack's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 1 day, which means he had been fighting approximately every 8 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

What time did Jack vs Rivera start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:00 PM UTC at Jeddah Superdome, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which was 2:00 PM EST or 11:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 7:00 PM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Jack vs Rivera?

Jack vs Rivera was broadcast on Sky Box Office HD in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Jack vs Rivera?

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