BADOU JACK WINS BY SPLIT DECISION OVER GEORGE GROVES, RETAINS MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 13 Sep 2015
MGM GARDEN ARENA -- Badou Jack of Sweden (29-1-1, 12KO) downs George Groves of UK in round 1 and went on to win by split decision and keeps his WBC super middleweight belt Saturday night in Las Vegas on the undercard of Mayweather-Berto world welterweight title bout. Judge Guido Cavalleri had it 116-111 for Jack, Glenn Trowbridge had it 115-112 for Jack and John McKaie had it 114-113 for Groves.
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