badou jack outpointed anthony dirrell on friday night at the uic pavilion to take the wbc super middleweight title, setting up a fight with mandatory challenger george groves jack (19 1 1) received winning of 116 112 and 115 113, and the third had it even at 114 114 jack, the las vegas based swede who fights under the banner of floyd mayweather jr's promotion company, connected with a big one two combination in the ninth round and forced the fight inside on a tiring dirrell (27 1 1) badou jack (left) connects with anthony dirrell during the wbc world super middleweight title fight  jack holds his belt after beating dirrell on friday night at the uic pavilion in chicago, illinois  george groves will fight  jack for the wbc world super middleweight title as he is mandatory challenger  'i was in great shape and i believed in myself,' jack said 'all that talk don't matter i knew they couldn't rob me i thought i clearly won it was a tough start to my career, but now i'm a world champ' the 31 year old jack has won three straight fights after being stopped in the first round by derek edwards in 2014 the 30 year old dirrell, from flint, michigan, won the title in august with a tough decision over veteran sakio bika dirrell was diagnosed with non hodgkins lymphoma and sidelined for 20 months he also previously broke his leg and wrist in a motorcycle accident on the undercard, danny jacobs, four years removed from a fight with cancer, stopped caleb truax in the 12th round to successfully defend his wba middleweight title with a comfortable lead heading into the final round, the 27 year old jacobs dropped truax with a left right combination and finished him off with a blistering array of punches against the ropes jack connects with previously unbeaten dirrell during the world super middleweight fight on friday night  jack narrowly claimed the wbc super middleweight title on points against american boxer dirrell  jacobs, from new york, improved to 29 1 with his 26th knockout the 31 year old truax, from osseo, minnesota, dropped to 25 2 2 'my corner let me know he was hurt and i took advantage,' jacobs said 'i was ready for all 12 rounds i knew he had more experience' jacobs was coming off first professional loss in 2011 when he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of cancer afflicting his spine he had surgery to remove the tumor and was out of the ring for 18 months
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