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Total Fights | 29 |
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Wins | 25 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 2 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 15 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning nine years and 11 months, James DeGale fought 29 times with 25 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw.
DeGale retired from professional boxing with a record of 25-3-1, which included two super-middleweight world-title wins and two successful title defense fights. He had a 51.7% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 15 of his total 29 fights being knockout wins. DeGale never lost via knockout.
His last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision defeat to Chris Eubank Jr. on February 23, 2019.
Some of DeGale's best fights and notable victories include wins over Lucian Bute, Caleb Truax, Fidel Muñoz, Rogelio Medina, Andre Dirrell, Marco Antonio Peribán, and Brandon Gonzáles.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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29 | Feb 23, 2019 | 33 | Chris Eubank Jr. | Loss | UD |
28 | Sep 30, 2018 | 32 | Fidel Muñoz | Win | KO3 |
27 | Apr 7, 2018 | 32 | Caleb Truax | Win * | UD |
26 | Dec 9, 2017 | 31 | Caleb Truax | Loss * | MD |
25 | Jan 14, 2017 | 30 | Badou Jack | Draw * | MD |
24 | Apr 30, 2016 | 30 | Rogelio Medina | Win * | UD |
23 | Nov 28, 2015 | 29 | Lucian Bute | Win * | UD |
22 | May 23, 2015 | 29 | Andre Dirrell | Win * | UD |
21 | Nov 22, 2014 | 28 | Marco Antonio Peribán | Win | TKO3 |
20 | May 31, 2014 | 28 | Brandon Gonzáles | Win | TKO4 |
19 | Mar 1, 2014 | 28 | Gevorg Khatchikian | Win | TKO11 |
18 | Nov 16, 2013 | 27 | Dyah Davis | Win | UD |
17 | Jun 8, 2013 | 27 | Stjepan Božić | Win | RTD4 |
16 | May 17, 2013 | 27 | Sébastien Demers | Win | KO2 |
15 | Dec 8, 2012 | 26 | Fulgencio Zúñiga | Win | UD |
14 | Oct 13, 2012 | 26 | Hadillah Mohoumadi | Win | UD |
13 | Apr 21, 2012 | 26 | Cristian Sanavia | Win | TKO4 |
12 | Oct 15, 2011 | 25 | Piotr Wilczewski | Win | MD |
11 | May 21, 2011 | 25 | George Groves | Loss | MD |
10 | Mar 12, 2011 | 25 | Alpay Kobal | Win | TKO5 |
9 | Dec 11, 2010 | 24 | Paul Smith | Win | TKO9 |
8 | Sep 18, 2010 | 24 | Carl Dilks | Win | TKO1 |
7 | May 15, 2010 | 24 | Sam Horton | Win | TKO5 |
6 | Feb 13, 2010 | 24 | Matthew Barr | Win | TKO2 |
5 | Dec 5, 2009 | 23 | Nathan King | Win | PTS |
4 | Oct 30, 2009 | 23 | Ally Morrison | Win | TKO3 |
3 | Jul 18, 2009 | 23 | Ciaran Healy | Win | TKO1 |
2 | May 15, 2009 | 23 | Jindrich Kubin | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Feb 28, 2009 | 23 | Vepkhia Tchilaia | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
James DeGale (Chunky) is a 38-year old retired British professional boxer. He was born in Hammersmith, West London, England on February 3, 1986. He is a former super-middleweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 9 years — from 2009 to 2019.
DeGale made his professional boxing debut against Vepkhia Tchilaia at the age of 23 on February 28, 2009, defeating Tchilaia via 4 round PTS. He went on to win 9 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 8 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 29 on May 23, 2015 after 21 professional fights, against Andre Dirrell for the super-middleweight IBF (vacant) title. He defeated Dirrell via 12 round unanimous decision to become the super-middleweight champion of the world.
DeGale has won two world titles at super-middleweight. For all the details about DeGale's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
DeGale had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against fellow British boxer Chris Eubank Jr. on February 23, 2019. DeGale lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision. It's been 5 years, 2 months, and 15 days since this fight.
DeGale had a total of six world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and three successful title defenses. He won four of these fights, lost one, and drew in one.
James DeGale fought for super-middleweight world titles in three fights and won two of these fights. In total, he won two super-middleweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Apr 7, 2018 | Caleb Truax | Super-middleweight | IBF | UD |
May 23, 2015 | Andre Dirrell | Super-middleweight | IBF* | UD |
James DeGale had four super-middleweight world-title defense fights. He won three of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jan 14, 2017 | Badou Jack | Super-middleweight | IBF | MD (draw) |
Apr 30, 2016 | Rogelio Medina | Super-middleweight | IBF | UD |
Nov 28, 2015 | Lucian Bute | Super-middleweight | IBF | UD |
James DeGale lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Dec 9, 2017 | Caleb Truax | Super-middleweight | IBF | MD |
DeGale fought a total of 29 times during his professional career, which includes 6 world-title fights at the super-middleweight division. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
May 23, 2015: DeGale wins his first world title by defeating Andre Dirrell via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the IBF super-middleweight world champion.
November 28, 2015: DeGale successfully defends the IBF super-middleweight title against Lucian Bute, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
April 7, 2018: DeGale wins the IBF super-middleweight title from Caleb Truax, by beating Truax via 12 round unanimous decision.
DeGale knocked out 15 of his 29 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 51.7%. Of his total 25 wins, 15 of them were via KO (60%).
DeGale's first world-title win was the IBF (vacant) belt at super-middleweight. He defeated Andre Dirrell via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
DeGale won two world titles at super-middleweight.
DeGale had a total of four title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost one time.