• Eubank Jr wins by 114-112, 115-112, 117-109
• DeGale ‘pretty sure’ he will now call time on his career
Chris Eubank Jr finally emerged from his father’s suffocating cloak on Saturday night to send two-time world champion James DeGale hurtling towards retirement and setting his own career on what could be an irresistible upward curve.
“There is no returning for whoever comes out of this defeated,” Eubank said just moments before he walked to the ring, and DeGale agreed. In defeat, the 33-year-old loser equivocated, but said ringside, “I’ve done everything: Olympic gold, two world titles. He was tough, strong. I didn’t do enough. I’ll have to go back and watch it, talk to my team, talk to my family, but I’m pretty sure [about retirement].”
Written by Kevin Mitchell
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/24/chris-eubank-jr-james-degale-boxing under the title “Chris Eubank Jr beats James DeGale to send Londoner towards retirement”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
