James DeGale claimed an historic victory as he beat Andre Direll to win the vacant IBF super-middleweight championship.
The Londoner is the first British boxer to win an Olympic gold medal and go on to become world champion.
It was a closely fought contest in Boston but DeGale, perhaps surprisingly, was awarded a unanimous points decision, with Howard Foster of England and Daniel Fitzgerald of the United States scoring it 114-112, while Canada's Alan Davis bizarrely awarded the fight 117-109 to the UK boxer.
He had Dirrell down twice in the second round, and that may well have proved decisive, although the American appeared to dominate the second half of the fight.
DeGale, however, won't care about that, and this victory could now lead to a big domestic clash against Carl Froch or a re-match with George Groves.
The Londoner is the first British boxer to win an Olympic gold medal and go on to become world champion.
It was a closely fought contest in Boston but DeGale, perhaps surprisingly, was awarded a unanimous points decision, with Howard Foster of England and Daniel Fitzgerald of the United States scoring it 114-112, while Canada's Alan Davis bizarrely awarded the fight 117-109 to the UK boxer.
He had Dirrell down twice in the second round, and that may well have proved decisive, although the American appeared to dominate the second half of the fight.
DeGale, however, won't care about that, and this victory could now lead to a big domestic clash against Carl Froch or a re-match with George Groves.
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