Stevenson draws with Jack to keep light-heavyweight crown

MONTREAL: Haitian-born 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 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.”Jack is ready, but wants Stevenson to fight outside Canada for the first time since September 2011.

“Let’s do a rematch. Let’s do it in Vegas,” Jack said. “I came to his place. Now it’s his turn to come to my place.”Jack settled for a draw two fights ago in January 2017 with James DeGale and wondered if the fact he is promoted by retired unbeaten champion Floyd Mayweather played a role in his struggles to get more than draws.