On April 24, 2015, Anthony Dirrell (27-0-1, 22 KOs), the super-middleweight WBC champion, defends his title against Swedish challenger, 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 71.6-28.4 in favor of Anthony Dirrell, but the win will not come easy. It is going to be a competitive fight and Badou Jack will put on a really good performance, Dirrell will be required to be at his best.
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.