DeGale vs. Smith

By Sean McDaniel: Newly crowned British super middleweight champion James DeGale (9-0, 7 KO’s) wants to fight former International Boxing Organization and current EBU super middleweight champion Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) next after DeGale destroyed a badly over-matched British champion Paul Smith in a 9th round stoppage last weekend at the Echo Arena, in [...]

James DeGale TKO 9 Paul Smith

By Sean McDaniel: Former 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) takes on British super middleweight champion Paul Smith (29-1, 15 KO’s) tonight in a fight that will tell how good Smith and whether DeGale is as good as the hype that’s been said about him.

BBC Radio 5 and 5 live Sports Extra hosts an exciting live night of boxing on Saturday 11th December from Liverpool and Las Vegas featuring the cream of world boxing talent. From 9.30pm on 5 live David Croft presents live coverage of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim world light-heavyweight championship bout between Nathan Cleverly [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) will be entering the hostile Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday to take on British super middleweight champion Paul Smith (29-1, 15 KO’s) in front of what will likely be 10,000 pro-Smith fans. DeGale says he’s ready to beat Smith and doesn’t mind fighting in front [...]

By Sean McDaniel: BBBofC super middleweight champion Paul Smith (29-1, 15 KO’s) defends his title against the up and coming 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) next Saturday on December 11th, at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside. Smith, 28, is making his third defense of his British title and wants to win [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: British super middleweight champion Paul Smith (29-1, 15 KO’s) has the bad luck of facing talented unbeaten 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) on December 11th at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside. This is supposed to be Smith’s last fight at this level before moving up to the world [...]

James DeGale has blasted back at George Groves after his British rival claimed he would take him apart “physically and mentally”. Groves is now mandatory challenger to the British super-middleweight title. And that could put him on a collision course with DeGale if he beats Paul Smith on December 11.

Kop king Steven Gerrard has backed Paul Smith to score a stunning KO on December 11. Smith defends his British super-middleweight title against James DeGale in a mouthwatering clash at the Liverpool Echo Arena.

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten super middleweight Commonwealth champion George Groves (10-0, 8 KO’s) and unbeaten former 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) could be facing each other for the British super middleweight title in 2011 if they both win their next fights. Groves, 22, is defending his super middleweight Commonwealth title against [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unable to get a fight with unbeaten 22-year-old Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (10-0, 8 KO’s), unbeaten former 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist had some choice things to say about Groves in an article today at the thesun.co.uk, saying “He’s [Paul Smith] never bad mouthed me, unlike that ugly ginger kid George [...]

British Super-Middleweight champion Paul Smith has promised challenger James DeGale a war on December 11 – and then a Sunday roast the next day. The British rivals clash at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, in a mouth-watering showdown on Frank Warren’s big 30th Anniversary show. The pair have long been friends, after DeGale boxed with Smith’s [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If unbeaten super middleweight prospect James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) wants to look for a weakness in his next opponent British super middleweight champion Paul Smith (29-1, 15 KO’s), then he needs to focus on using a lot of uppercuts to exploit Smith’s problems with dealing with those kinds of punches. Smith, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) recently attempted to get a fight with unbeaten Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (10-0, 8 KO’s), but he was unable to get a fight with Groves after DeGale’s promoter Frank Warren made an offer to Hayemaker, the promoters for Groves. There [...]

By William Mackay: The December 11th fight card with Nathan Cleverly, Matthew Macklin, James DeGale, Paul Smith, Kell Brook, Frankie Gavin and Tony Ballew looked good to me at first but I’m not really impressed with the fights that I’m seeing the card thus far. Of the fights that have been confirmed for the card [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) isn’t worried in the least about fighting British super middleweight champion Paul Smith (29-1, 15 KO’s) in front of a hostile crowd on December 11th when he takes on the 29-year-old Smith at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside. The 24-year-old DeGale doesn’t [...]

By Sean McDaniel: 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) is playing nice with EBU super middleweight champion Paul Smith (29-1, 15 KO’s), who the 24-year-old DeGale will be fighting on December 11h at the Echo Arena, in Liverpool. DeGale, speaking to thesun.co.uk, says “Of course it’s risky, but I’m confident in my [...]