On September 12, 2015, Badou Jack (19-1-1, 12 KOs), the super-middleweight WBC champion, defends his title against British challenger, George Groves (21-2, 16 KOs).
Badou Jack is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Anthony Dirrell, 4 months and 19 days ago. George Groves is on a 2-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, with his last fight being a 7th round TKO win over Denis Douglin, 9 months and 21 days ago.
Although the odds are slightly in favor of Badou Jack at 52.5-47.5, it would be fair to consider this a 50-50 fight. Jack has a slightly better chance of winning, but Groves could also certainly pull it off.
Badou Jack defeated George Groves via split decision and successfully defended his WBC super-middleweight title. Jack improves his record to 20-1-1, while Groves adds a loss to his record at 21-3.