On April 24, 2015, Anthony Dirrell (27-0-1, 22 KOs), the super-middleweight WBC champion, defends his title against the reigning WBC cruiserweight champion Badou Jack (18-1-1, 12 KOs).
Anthony Dirrell is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Sakio Bika, 8 months and 8 days ago. Badou Jack is on a 2-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Francisco Sierra, 4 months and 12 days ago.
The winning odds are at 92.1-7.9 in favor of Anthony Dirrell. It is going to be very difficult for Badou Jack to win this fight.
Badou Jack defeated Anthony Dirrell via majority decision and wins the WBC title — in his first world-title fight. Jack improves his record to 19-1-1, while Dirrell adds a loss to his record at 27-1-1.