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 Marcus Richardson: If things go as plans, IBF World featherweight champion Lee Selby will face Josh Warrington and Carl Frampton in 2018. The fight against Warrington (20-0, 6 KOs) is a given, as he’s ranked No.1 with the International Boxing Federation, but Frampton (24-1, 14 KOs) is a different story.
By Juan Flores: Carl “The Jackal” Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) is already looking past this Saturday’s stay busy fight against Horacio Garcia (33-3-1, 24 KOs) in Belfast towards possible fights against featherweight champions Leo Santa Cruz and Lee Selby.
By Scott Gilfoid: In a pair of mismatches, IBF super middleweight champion James “Chunky” DeGale (23-1-1, 14 KOs) will be defending against bottom #15 IBF fringe contender Caleb Truax (28-3-2, 18 KOs), and IBF World featherweight champion Lee Selby (25-1, 9 KOs) will be fighting #11 IBF Eduardo Ramirez (20-0-3, 7 KOs) on December 9 at the Copper Box Arena in London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: After 2 years as the IBF featherweight champion and zero meaningful fights, Lee Selby (25-1, 9 KOs) says he’s interested in facing Carl Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) and he’s hoping that fight can get made by the end of the year.
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF World featherweight champion Lee Selby (25-1, 9 KOs) overcame a bad cut on his right eye to box his way to a 12 round unanimous decision over mandatory challenger Jonathan Victor Barros (41-5-1, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA Super World featherweight champion Carl Frampton (23-0, 14 KOs) hasn’t yet faced Leo Santa Cruz (32-1-1, 18 KOs) in a rematch and he’s already looking past him towards a unification match against IBF World featherweight champion Lee Selby (23-1, 8 KOs) later this year.
Frampton’s management appear to be getting the boxing fans primed for that fight by having Selby fighting on the undercard of the Frampton-Santa Cruz 2 card this Saturday night against Jonathan Victor Barros (41-4-1, 22 KOs).
By Scott Gilfoid: Former two division world champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-1-1, 18 KOs) is set to beat WBA Super World featherweight champion Carl Frampton (23-0, 14 KOs) in their rematch on January 28 next year, and then move forward to beat IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby in a unification match thereafter. If Santa Cruz can’t get the fight against Selby, then he’ll go after WBC champion Gary Russell Jr. in a unification match.
Santa Cruz, 28, lost his World Boxing Association title to Frampton by a controversial 12 round majority decision last July at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Santa Cruz appeared to win two of the first six rounds and all of the final six rounds of the contest.
By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Frampton won’t be able to fight a unification match against International Boxing Federation featherweight champion Lee Selby (23-1, 8 KOs) this year in his next fight no matter how much he wants to fight the 29-year-old. Frampton (23-0, 14 KOs) needs to fight a rematch against Leo Santa Cruz, who he beat last July at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Santa Cruz had a rematch clause in his contract with Frampton, so he’ll be getting the rematch that he badly wants. If not for the rematch clause, Frampton would likely move on and face Selby next and look to face Santa Cruz in a rematch next year.