On Saturday night in the Falkensee Stadthalle in Germany, William Scull (23-0, 9 KOs) was crowned the new IBF super middleweight champion after a controversial decision. Vladimir Shishkin (16-1, 10 KOs) appeared to have won the twelve-round bout with ease until the scorecards from the three judges came back and showed varied results.

Last night in Brandenberg, Germany, William Scull picked up the vacant IBF super middleweight belt courtesy of a largely dull, fun right at the end, 12

William Scull, now 23-0,  won the vacant IBF super middleweight title with a unanimous decision over US-based Russian Vladimir Shishkin.

William Scull’s 27 month campout as the IBF #1 contender paid off, as he won the vacant super middleweight title by unanimous decision over Vladimir Shishkin in Falkensee, Germany. Much of the intrigue for this fight centered on how Scull would look,

William Scull couldn’t secure a shot at Canelo Alvarez as the mandatory challenger for Alvarez’s IBF super middleweight title because he wasn’t well known and apparently posed little threat to the undisputed 168-pound champion.

Scull will be determined to put on a show and prove why Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez decided to relinquish his IBF super middleweight world title rather than fight the wily Cuban. After a significant amateur pedigree comprising over 300 fights,