By Scott Gilfoid: The soft matchmaking for EBU super middleweight champion James DeGale (12-1, 9 KO’s) will be continuing with his upcoming defence of his European Boxing Union strap against 32-year-old Frenchman Hadillah Mohoumadi (13-2-1, 9 KO’s) this Saturday night at the Glow, Bluewater, Greenhithe, Kent, United Kingdom.

The interesting thing about Mohoumadi, besides him being a little known fighter, is that he lost his last fight against Nikola Sjekloca last July in a 10 round decision. DeGale is defending his EBU 168 lb title in this fight, and it goes to show you what an anchor this title is for him. It’s dead weight that’s pulling him down and causing him to waste valuable time in his career. In DeGale last defense of his EBU title he defended it against 37-year-old Christian Sanavia in an easy 4th round TKO win.

That was another waste of a fight for DeGale. I don’t know why but his promoters have decided to take his career in reverse after his loss to George Groves last year in May. DeGale needs to be moving forward instead of facing little known guys like Mohoumadi while defending his EBU title over and over again against 2nd tier opposition.

DeGale last fought in April, which isn’t really that long ago. But since the fight was like a light sparring workout, you can’t even really call it fight. It’s like inactivity. DeGale says he wants to fight again in December, but what kind of quality can you get in a fight in December? Not much. DeGale might as well not fight at all if they’re going to drag in another fighter like Mohoumadi or Sanavia for DeGale to beat up on. He’s not getting anything out of these fights and just padding his record.

I’ve never seen Mohoumadi fight before, but it is interesting to note that he lost to Sanavia in October 2010, the same guy that DeGale blasted out in four rounds last April. That’s a comforting thought. Mohoumadi was beaten by the same guy that DeGale just thrashed. That doesn’t mean that DeGale is a great fighter. It means that he’s being matched weak opponents over again.

When Andre Ward was at the same age DeGale is now he was facing the likes of Mikkel Kessler. Why can’t DeGale do this?