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. The rematch was the co-main event to the junior middleweight title unification fight between Jarrett Hurd and Erislandy Lara, where Hurd used a 12th-round knockdown to secure a split-decision victory to unify the IBF and WBA junior middleweight world titles. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Referee Kenny Bayless sends Jarrett Hurd (right) to his corner after he knocked down Erislandy Lara during their WBA/IBF junior middleweight unification title fight.

Source: The Guardian April 08, 2018 04:41 UTC