Sunday, 8 April 2018

James DeGale wins back IBF super middleweight title from Caleb Truax

  • DeGale wins back title he lost from Caleb Traux in London last year
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James DeGale regained the IBF super middleweight title he lost in December to Caleb Truax with a bloody, 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The fight was an immediate rematch of what many thought was the upset of the year in boxing in 2017. The 32-year-old DeGale (24-2-1 14 KOs) held the IBF world title at 168lbs for 31 months before losing it to the 34-year-old Truax (29-4-2, 18 KOs) on DeGale’s home turf in London.

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