{"id":33971,"date":"2025-08-25T21:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/james-degale-former-world-champion-to-make-bare-knuckle-debut\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T21:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:05:13","slug":"james-degale-former-world-champion-to-make-bare-knuckle-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/james-degale-former-world-champion-to-make-bare-knuckle-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"James DeGale: Former world champion to make bare-knuckle debut"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former world champion James DeGale will make his bare-knuckle fighting debut on 27 September in Manchester.<\/b><\/p>\n

DeGale, 39, retired from boxing in 2019<\/a> after a unanimous decision defeat by Chris Eubank Jr. <\/p>\n

He will return to combat sports against Australian Matt Floyd on the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship card at the AO Arena.<\/p>\n

“UK I’m back. This time the gloves are off,” the Londoner wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

“Everyone asking what version you’re getting… seven years out, body healed, mind sharp – it’s the best one yet. Demolition job pending.”<\/p>\n

DeGale became the first British boxer to win both an Olympic gold medal and a professional world title.<\/p>\n

He won middleweight gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and claimed the IBF super-middleweight title in May 2015 with a points win over American Andre Dirrell.<\/p>\n

Nicknamed ‘Chunky’, he lost the belt in December 2017 to Caleb Truax but regained it in a rematch in April 2018 before vacating it later that year.<\/p>\n

After being outpointed by fellow Briton Eubank Jr in what was his third career loss, DeGale said he was “not the fighter I once was” and announced his retirement shortly after.<\/p>\n

Floyd, 36, has a professional boxing record of 15 wins and two losses. The Perth-born fighter and former gang member, who served time in prison, was reportedly in talks to face Briton Tommy Fury earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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