James DeGale: Wilczewski is Much Better Than Groves
James DeGale is desperate to get back into the ring and claim the European Super-Middleweight title in his comeback fight in September.
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Piotr Wilczewski Fires out a Warning To James DeGale
Poland’s Piotr Wilczewski has confirmed that he will defend his EBU super-middleweight belt against London’s James DeGale on September 17th. ‘Wilk’ won the vacant strap courtesy of an eleventh round TKO over Amin Asikainen in March and will be making his maiden defence.
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DeGale-Wilczewski Clash Not Final? Groves Cutting In?
According to sources in Poland, the super middleweight bout between Piotr ''The Wolf'' Wilczewski (29-1, 10 KO) and James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO) has not been finalized by the Polish fighter's team. DeGale's promoter, Frank Warren, announced the deal was done, but the European champion's team is still waiting for the contract. And, they want an agreement where Warren would reimburse their expenses in the event of DeGale's withdrawal. There is also talk that George Groves (13-0, 10 KO) is also trying to get the fight with Wilczewski.
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DeGale-Wilczewski: Bout Officially Lodged With EBU
Poland’s EBU super middleweight champion Piotr ‘Wilk’ Wilczewski’s voluntary defence against James ‘Chunky’ DeGale, 10-1 (8), took an interesting turn on Friday when reports from Poland indicated that the 32-year-old has yet to finalize the September 17th meeting. The EBU, however, had issued an email confirming that the contest has been lodged with them as well as placing the bout, including the date, on their list of forthcoming contests.
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Amir Khan Disputes DeGale Statement on Frank Warren
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan took notice of a recent statement that was made by once-beaten super middleweight, James DeGale. The Olympic gold medal winner made a comment regarding the job that his promoter, Frank Warren, was able to do by resurrecting Khan's career after his 2008 knockout loss to Breidis Prescott. DeGale, who recently lost the first fight of his career against George Groves, will face Poland’s Piotr Wilczewski for the European title in September.
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DeGale vs Wilczewski Battle in Play For September
Olympic champion James DeGale will attempt to get his professional career back on track with a European title fight in September.
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DeGale Sucker Punched in Spain, Tooth Knocked Out
According to a report in The Sun, British super middleweight prospect James DeGale was involved in a scuffle at a pool party within a Spain hotel and had his tooth knocked out. DeGale was partying with Jade Goody's widower Jack Tweed at a hotel in Puerto Banus, Spain, when he got into a row with a few British fans. One fan felt DeGale was ignoring him and sucker punched the boxer, which resulted in DeGale losing a false front tooth.
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DeGale, Fury, Macklin, Mitchell, Hatton on Klitschko-Haye
Englishman David Haye attempts to become a unified world heavyweight champion when he puts his WBA belt on the line against IBF/WBO holder Wladimir Klitschko next week.
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DeGale Not Backing Repeated Calls To Fire McDonnell
James DeGale has rejected calls to sack trainer Jim McDonnell but accepts he may be forced into a rethink should he lose again.
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Coldwell on Hayemaker Role, Groves, DeGale, Haye, More
One of the first things David Haye and Adam Booth did when creating Hayemaker Promotions was to pick up the phone and call Sheffield’s David Coldwell to offer him their ‘Head Of Boxing’ role.
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