James Degale
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DeGale in 2011
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| Real name | James Frederick DeGale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Chunky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Super-middleweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 74 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
3 February 1986 Hammersmith, West London, England |
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| Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Frederick DeGale, MBE (born 3 February 1986) is a British professional boxer. He has held the IBF super-middleweight title since 2015, having previously held the British super-middleweight title from 2010 to 2011, and the European super-middleweight title from 2011 to 2012. As an amateur, DeGale represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the middleweight division. By later becoming IBF champion, he became the first British boxer ever to have won both an Olympic gold medal and a professional world title.
Born to a black Grenadian father and a white British mother, DeGale started amateur boxing at the Trojan club at the age of 10 before moving to Dale Youth boxing club. As a boy he soon acquired the nickname "Chunky", a name that has followed him throughout his career. The predominantly southpaw Londoner fights as a switch hitter. At the Commonwealth Games 2006 he won Bronze when he lost to Jarrod Fletcher.
DeGale has stated on numerous occasions that he is a big Arsenal fan and frequently fights with the Arsenal F.C. Club logo on his robe and shorts.
Amateur record: 79–16.
DeGale represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Middleweight boxing event, winning the gold medal. In the quarter finals he beat a former Olympic gold medalist from Athens (Bakhtiyar Artayev) and in the semi-final once again beat the late Irishman Darren Sutherland (prior to this latest meeting the boxers had fought five times with Sutherland winning four and DeGale only one). In the final DeGale won a scrappy and bad tempered affair against the Cuban Emilio Correa who was docked two points in the first round for biting DeGale's shoulder.
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