text: 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.
target: Badou Jack beat Anthony Dirrell on points at the UIC Pavilion .
  It saw Jack narrowly claim the WBC super-middleweight title .
  George Groves is the mandatory challenger for the title .