By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion James ‘Chunky’ DeGale (23-1-1, 14 KOs) weighed in at 168 pounds on Friday for his voluntary defense against #15 IBF Caleb Truax (28-3-2, 18 KOs) for their fight this Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena in London, England. Truax, 34, weighed 167 lbs.
By Jeff Aranow: James DeGale (23-1-1, 14 KOs) is finally 100 percent healthy and ready to defend his IBF super middleweight title this Saturday night against Caleb Truax (28-3-2, 18 KOs) on Showtime, BT Sport and BoxNation at the Copper Box Arena in London, UK.
By Scott Gilfoid: The BBBofC has reportedly ordered a fight between unbeaten Daniel Dubois (5-0, 5 KOs) and Nick Webb (11-0, 9 KOs) for English heavyweight title. A purse bid for the fight takes place on December 13th. The Dubois vs. Webb fight must take place by the end of March 2018.
By Scott Gilfoid: Highly hyped heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois (4-0, 4 KOs) will be back inside the ring on September 16 in facing AJ Carter (8-3, 6 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round fight on the undercard of the middleweight fight between WBO belt holder Billy Joe Saunders and Willie Monroe Jr. at the Copper Box Arena in London, England. Also on the card is unbeaten light heavyweight Anthony Yarde (12-0, 11 KOs) fighting a still to be determined opponent.
By William Mackay: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois (4-0, 4 KOs) smashed an over-matched Mauricio Barragan (15-2, 8 KOs) by an impressive 2nd round knockout on Saturday night to win the vacant WBC Youth World heavyweight title at the Copper Box Arena in London, England.
By Jim Dower: British heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois (1-0, 1 KOs) captured his first victory of his career in stopping Marcus Kelly (1-1) in the 1st round last Saturday night on the undercard of the Terry Flanagan vs. Petr Petrov card at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The 19-year-old Dubois hurt Kelly with a left hook that sent him retreating back to the ropes.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBO junior middleweight champion Liam “Beefy” Smith (24-1-1, 13 KOs) came in 1 ½ pounds over the 154lb weigh-in limit on Friday in weighing in at 155.9 lbs. for his fight for the interim WBO junior middleweight title against Liam Williams (16-0-1, 11 KOs) for their important bout this Saturday night on April 8 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.