James DeGale
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 James DeGale |
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| Men's Boxing | ||
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Competitor for  United Kingdom |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2008 Beijing | Middleweight |
Competitor for  England |
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Bronze | 2006 Melbourne | Middleweight |
| EU Amateur Championships | ||
| Silver | 2007 Dublin | Middleweight |
| Silver | 2008 Cetniewo | Middleweight |
James Frederick DeGale MBE (born 3 February 1986) is an English boxer and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Hammersmith, London. The southpaw Londoner fights as a switchhitter. At the Commonwealth Games 2006 he won Bronze when he lost to Jarrod Fletcher.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[1]
[edit] Amateur career
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 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 deducted two points in the first round for biting DeGale's shoulder.[2]
[edit] World amateur championships results
2007 (as a middleweight)
- Lost to Alfonso Blanco (Venezuela) 13-28
[edit] Olympic results
2008
- Defeated Mohamed Hikal (Egypt) 13-4
- Defeated Shawn Estrada (USA) 11-5
- Defeated Darren Sutherland (Ireland) 10-3
- Defeated Emilio Correa (Cuba) 16-14
[edit] Professional career
On 2 December 2008, he agreed a deal with promoter Frank Warren to become professional along with Frankie Gavin and Billy Joe Saunders. The contract they agreed is rumoured to be worth around £1.5 million[citation needed]. On 28 February 2009 DeGale made his professional debut against Georgia boxer Vepkhia Tchilaia, winning the fight on points 40-36. DeGale came in for a mixed reaction, being booed off after being taken the distance by the little-known Georgian. However DeGale has been backed by many, as the Georgian was boxing extremely defensively.[3]
[edit] Professional boxing record
| 2 Wins (1 knockout, 1 decision), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[4][5] | |||||||
| Res. | Opponent | Type | Rounds fought
(Rounds scheduled) |
Date | Venue | Location | Notes |
| Win | Jindrich Kubin | TKO | 1 (4) | 15 May 2009 | Odyssey Arena |  Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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| Win | Vepkhia Tchilaia | Points | 4 (4) | 28 February 2009 | National Indoor Arena | Birmingham, England |
Professional debut. |
[edit] References
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58929, p. 15, 31 December 2008.
- ^ [1]BBC | Superb DeGale lands boxing gold
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7917216.stm
- ^ "Boxer: James DeGale". BoxRec. http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=482498&cat=boxer. Retrieved on 2009-05-16.
- ^ "Boxer record for James DeGale". BritishBoxing.net. http://www.britishboxing.net/boxers_78760-James-DeGale.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-03.
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