Badou Jack Gets Screw Job in Majority Draw to Bute

Majority Draw for the WBC Super Middleweight Championship between @badoujack vs. @butelucian. #JackBute #Boxing https://t.co/THdifAnIJ5

— SHOWTIME SPORTS (@SHOsports) May 1, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. — All Badou Jack could do was raise his hands in frustration — and in disbelief. Fans wore stunned looks throughout the Armory, in Washington, D.C. on Saturday night on Showtime, while Lucian Bute himself was a little confused by what he heard. It was a little hard to figure out the majority draw that Jack received against tough Bute, despite connecting on close to 100 punches more. Despite the majority draw, Jack retained the WBC super middleweight title and will face IBF super middleweight champion James DeGale in a unification fight later this year. Jack (20-1-2, 12 KOs) couldn’t believe the scores, nor anyone else for that matter, that were read from judges Glen Crocker and Omar Mintun Sr., who each scored it 114-114. It was a great disparity from the 117-111 score by judge Stephen Rados. Here’s the head scratcher: Jack connected on 278-703 (40%) total punches, which broke down to 61-345 (18%) jab connects and 217-358 (61%) power shots and those numbers blow away Bute’s 179-857 (21%) total connects, 37-300 (12%) jab connects and 142-557 (25%) power shots landed. Even the eye test said Jack won the majority of the early rounds, though faltered in the last three. “(Expletive), (expletive), it is what it is,” Jack said. “I won the fight. I’m moving on to DeGale. (Bute) is a hell of a fighter, and this isn’t his fault. I won the fight. I worked my ass off for 12 weeks. I fight for my family. I won that fight. Things happen. It’s a dirty business. People saw who won the fight.” Bute thought it was a close fight. “I did very much, but I would like to fight the winner of DeGale and Jack,” Bute said. “I showed I’m everyone who I am and that I’m near the …

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