James DeGale v Rogelio Medina

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Britain's James DeGale will look to defend his IBF super-middleweight title against Mexico's Rogelio Medina on Saturday in Washington DC.

It is the 30-year-old's second defence after he beat former champion Lucian Bute by a unanimous decision last year.

A win for the former Olympic champion would set up a potential unification bout with WBC title holder Badou Jack.

Sweden's Jack, who previously defeated Medina, will face Romanian-Canadian fighter Bute as the card's main event.

DeGale was originally due to fight Jose Uzcategui, but the Venezuelan pulled out because of illness in February.

That left Medina as the mandatory challenger and the 27-year-old heads into the fight with 36 wins from 42 fights.

DeGale has said he will give fellow Englishman Callum Smith, who stopped Hadillah Mohoumadi inside one round earlier this month, a shot at the title.

Unbeaten Smith is the mandatory challenger for the WBC belt, though Jack is likely to first face DeGale should both win this weekend.

James DeGale faces Rogelio Medina in IBF super-middleweight title defence - BBC Sport

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I'm sure he'd rather give Callum Smith a shot than be fighting a journeyman on the undercard of a guy he just beat:P I feel like Bute has a reasonable shot against Jack though, would a rematch between him and DeGale be that interesting?

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I'm sure he'd rather give Callum Smith a shot than be fighting a journeyman on the undercard of a guy he just beat:P I feel like Bute has a reasonable shot against Jack though, would a rematch between him and DeGale be that interesting?

Firstly I don't think he would rather be fighting Callum Smith, because Callum Smith would take his title. Secondly, that Journeyman is his Mandatory. If he wants to keep his title , he has to fight him.
I reckon Degale and Jack will both win, fight each other and Jack will win.

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I was wondering why Degale has been seemingly quiet.

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I'm sure he'd rather give Callum Smith a shot than be fighting a journeyman on the undercard of a guy he just beat:P I feel like Bute has a reasonable shot against Jack though, would a rematch between him and DeGale be that interesting?

Firstly I don't think he would rather be fighting Callum Smith, because Callum Smith would take his title. Secondly, that Journeyman is his Mandatory. If he wants to keep his title , he has to fight him.
I reckon Degale and Jack will both win, fight each other and Jack will win.

Take it you're not a big DeGale fan? Firstly, I think he's very good. Secondly, way to soon to know if Callum Smith would beat him or not. Thirdly, I wouldn't give Jack a great chance at all. Fourthly, I reckon the use of connective adverbs gave your post a condescending overtone.