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Stevenson draws with Jack to keep light-heavyweight crown

MONTREAL: Canadian Adonis Stevenson retained his World Boxing Council light-heavyweight title on Saturday after fighting Sweden’s Badou Jack to a majority draw in which no judge scored him a winner.

Stevenson, a 40-year-old southpaw, kept the title after two judges scored the bout 114-114 and the third saw Jack as a 115-113 winner in the title bout at Toronto. In a fight nobody lost, both fighters saw themselves as winners.

“I thought I definitely won the fight,” Jack said. “No judge had him winning.” Stevenson’s record went to 29-1-1 while Jack settled for his third career draw against 22 wins and a lone defeat.

“I feel I win the fight,” Stevenson said. “I hurt him in the body. He got slowed down. I keep the pressure on him. He moved slick but I touched him more all the time. I think I win this fight.”

All three judges awarded Jack the 12th round to lift him into the draw, which could set the stage for a title rematch. “I feel I win this fight but Badou is a good fighter, two-time world champion,” Stevenson said. “I can give him a rematch if he needs one.”

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.