James DeGale: record, next fight and profile →
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas - James DeGale (24-1-1, 14 KOs) won a close twelve round unanimous decision over Caleb Truax (29-4-2, 18 KOs) to reclaim the IBF super middleweight title. The scores were 117-110, 114-113, 114-113.
Truax, DeGale Scorecard BoxingScene Live - World champions Erislandy Lara and Jarrett Hurd went face-to-face Friday at the official weigh-in for their 154-pound world title unification this Saturday, April 7 live on SHOWTIME® from Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. (photos by Stephanie Trapp, Chris Farina).
Caleb Truax, normally a slow starter, created huge momentum in rounds 1-5 (110-44 overall, 20-4 jabs, 90-40 power) with constant aggression, much better volume (67 per round to 40.8 during that stretch) and ring generalship as he maneuvered James DeGale toward the ropes and pounded away at every opportunity.
Caleb Truax and the word ‘complacent’ do not go together. If they did, he would have been complacent to just be a contender, make decent money in boxing and move on from the sport when he finally hangs up the gloves for good. Instead, Truax put all his energy and determination into winning a world title belt, probably the furthest thing many boxing fans thought would have happened when he squared off against James DeGale almost four months ago.
Paulie Malignaggi gained even more insight into the Caleb Truax-James DeGale rematch than he usually does while preparing for Showtime’s boxing broadcasts. The Showtime analyst spent a significant portion of DeGale’s recently completed training camp advising DeGale and helping his head trainer, James McDonnell, get DeGale ready for his second fight against Truax. DeGale will attempt to win back his IBF super middleweight title from Truax in their 12-round rematch Saturday night at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
JAMES DEGALE VENTURES into away territory in his bid to retrieve his valuable lost property this weekend in Las Vegas and become a two-time world champion. Live and exclusive on BoxNation, Chunky is seeking to avenge a defeat to Caleb Truax that was one of the major boxing shocks of 2017. The 32-year-old DeGale needs to right a lot of wrongs from the December night at the Copper Box if the IBF world super middleweight title belt is to be accompanying him on his journey back to London.
Truax, DeGale Rematch Weigh-In Photos Gallery - World champions Erislandy Lara and Jarrett Hurd went face-to-face Friday at the official weigh-in for their 154-pound world title unification this Saturday, April 7 live on SHOWTIME® from Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. (photos by Stephanie Trapp, Chris Farina).
Caleb Plant Video Interview - World champions Erislandy Lara and Jarrett Hurd went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference for their 154-pound world title unification this Saturday, April 7 live on SHOWTIME® from Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. (photos by Stephanie Trapp)
By Keith Idec - Embarrassing. Horrendous. Weird. Those are all adjectives James DeGale uses to describe the worst night of his life as a professional prizefighter. What disgusts DeGale most is that the former IBF super middleweight champion should’ve known better. DeGale’s handers urged him to wait until s...
DeGale, Truax Rematch Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - World champions Erislandy Lara and Jarrett Hurd went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference for their 154-pound world title unification this Saturday, April 7 live on SHOWTIME® from Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. (photos by Stephanie Trapp)