On January 14, 2017, James DeGale (23-1, 14 KOs), the super-middleweight IBF champion, and the super-middleweight WBC champion Badou Jack (21-1-1, 12 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight. The vacant The Ring super-middleweight title is also on the line.
James DeGale is coming in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Rogelio Medina, 8 months and 15 days ago. Badou Jack is on a 5-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, with his last fight being a undefined win over Lucian Bute, 8 months and 15 days ago.
This should be a confident win for James DeGale at 99-1 winning odds. Badou Jack really doesn't have much to present against DeGale.
The fight ended in a majority decision draw, and both the fighters retained their titles and added a draw to their respective records. — DeGale is now 23-1-1 and Jack, 21-1-2.