BRING ME TRIPLE G

James DeGale wants to fight Gennady Golovkin at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium… and refuses to rule out moving up a weight to take on Andre Ward

JAMES DEGALE is eyeing a mega-fight against Gennady Golovkin this summer.

The IBF world super-middleweight champion is hoping the blockbuster can take place at the Emirates Stadium, home of of his beloved Arsenal Football club.

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, DeGale said: "Golovkin? I walk around less than a stone above the super middleweight limit and could easily go down to fight this great man for the middleweight title."

Gennady Golovkin has all-but one of the middleweight belts - but could he be tempted into a fight against James DeGale?Credit: Getty Images

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But middleweight king Golovkin, known as "Triple G", is very much a wanted man, with DeGale's friend and fellow Beijing 2008 Olympian Billy Joe Saunders also fancying a crack at dethroning him.

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But DeGale has some other irons in the fire if that doesn't work out - including a rematch with his old foe George Groves, who is the only one on the professional circuit to defeat DeGale.

He added: "The Groves fight is always there although my winning the world title, while he has failed three times to do that, kills him.

"But it is a big British fight in which I could wipe out the only defeat in my pro career."

James DeGale has not ruled out a rematch against the only man to have defeated him as a professional, George GrovesCredit: Reuters
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Callum Smith is nseen as the next big thing in the super-middleweight division, and is being eyed by James DeGaleCredit: Getty Images

Another option at super-middleweight would be another "Battle of Britain" fight against rising star Callum Smith.

And just as DeGale is prepared to switch weight category to challenge Golovkin, he is prepared to do the same to take on the undefeated light-heavyweight Andre Ward.

DeGale said: "Ward, like Golovkin, is among those quoted as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. It would be an honour to share a ring with him and just as I could go down for Gennady, I could go up to light heavy for Andre."

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Last time out, DeGale drew with Badou Jack in a real ding-dong battle over in the US. DeGale has a fight record of 23 wins, one draw and one loss.

 

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