Fresh from defending his WBC
silver super-middleweight title against Stjepan Bozic, James DeGale has called
for a rematch with fellow Brit George Groves.
DeGale collected the victory
over Bozic on Saturday thanks to a technical knockout in the fifth round, and
notched up his sixth win on the spin since losing out to Groves in 2011 by a
close points decision.
And the Olympic gold medallist
wants to take on Groves at Queen’s Park Rangers’ Loftus Road in a potential
eliminator for a super-middleweight world title fight.
“I’d box Groves in my next
fight, but I swear to God he does not want to box me. He doesn’t want it,”
DeGale said.
“That’s a massive fight. That
could sell out QPR football stadium. I’d love to fight there. That’s my local
club. I was brought up on that club - my granddad is a mad supporter.”
DeGale’s promoter Mick
Hennessy added the fight against the WBA holder Groves should be for the vacant
WBC belt.
“Why not a final eliminator
with George Groves for the WBC title [where] everything’s on the line?” he
said. (Source)
