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| James DeGale v Andre Dirrell: IBF super middleweight championship – live! | James DeGale v Andre Dirrell: IBF super middleweight championship – live! |
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| 5.20pm ET22:20 | |
| Round 8 | |
| DeGale seems to be coasting a bit here, but Dirrell not as busy as he was in the seventh. DeGale circling Dirrell and Dirrell catches him with a stinging straight right. DeGale just misses with a massive left hand, but connects with a lead hook counter and then an uppercut. With 10 seconds left, Dirrell switches to orthodox and tees off against DeGale in the corner, but lands nothing of significance. A very close round. | |
| Guardian’s unofficial score: Dirrell 9-10 DeGale (Dirrell 73-77 DeGale) | |
| Updated at 5.21pm ET | |
| 5.16pm ET22:16 | |
| Round 7 | |
| Deft footwork from DeGale: lateral and in-and-out movement. Dirrell gets DeGale up against the ropes and uncoils a six-punch combination upstairs. DeGale seems to be setting Dirrell up for the overhand left that dropped him twice back in the second, but Dirrell thus far not falling into the trap. More combination punching from DeGale against the ropes: he’s really letting his hands go. Inspired rebound round from the American, who outworked DeGale clearly and effectively. | |
| Guardian’s unofficial score: Dirrell 10-9 DeGale (Dirrell 64-67 DeGale) | |
| 5.12pm ET22:12 | |
| Round 6 | |
| DeGale connecting with combinations early and now it’s Dirrell who’s bleeding from the nose. Dirrell has seemingly given up on DeGale’s body and all but quit throwing punches in combinations. Now Dirrell misses with a right cross and DeGale counters beautifully with a well-timed right hand that rocks the American. The fighters trading hellacous shots here at the end of the round. A close action round that we’ll tip to DeGale, but this is one of several so far that could go either way on the official cards. | |
| Guardian’s unofficial score: Dirrell 9-10 DeGale (Dirrell 54-58 DeGale) | |
| 5.08pm ET22:08 | |
| Round 5 | |
| The cut by DeGale’s eye has stopped bleeding but the swelling looks bad. DeGale controlling the tempo and he’s first off, beating Dirrell to the punch. Dirrell trying to keep the fight in the center of the ring while DeGale would rather work along the ropes. Dirrell using the jab with so-so success, but DeGale very confident now and connecting with power punches upstairs and to the body. A good round for DeGale. | |
| Guardian’s unofficial score: Dirrell 9-10 DeGale (Dirrell 45-48 DeGale) | |
| 5.04pm ET22:04 | |
| Round 4 | |
| Dirrell using distance to keep DeGale at bay. Nice body shot by DeGale. Dirrell switches from southpaw to orthodox stance and DeGale pecks away with the jab. Dirrell switches back to southpaw. Dirrell finishes the round strong, landing the harder more significant blows. Very tight round we’ll give to Dirrell. | |
| Guardian’s unofficial score: Dirrell 10-9 DeGale (Dirrell 36-38 DeGale) | |
| 5.00pm ET22:00 | |
| Round 3 | |
| Dirrell boxing nicely behind the jab here. DeGale hunting for the knockout, but Dirrell avoid the big left. A hard right hook by DeGale but Dirrell scoring with a steady diet of jabs and seeming to set the pace here. Yet DeGale busting Dirrell up against the ropes at the end of the round with shots to the head and body. Just like the second: Dirrell winning for most of the round but DeGale able to steal it late. | |
| Guardian’s unofficial score: Dirrell 9-10 DeGale (Dirrell 26-29 DeGale) | |
| 4.56pm ET21:56 | |
| Round 2 | |
| A sharp overhand right by Dirrell opens a cut over DeGale’s left eye. And it’s a bad cut. That could be a difference-maker. Dirrell boxing smartly here and DeGale is going to have to do something special to get back into this fight. And there it is! DeGale connect with a heat-seeking overhand left that dumps Dirrell to the canvas! Wow! A massive shot set up beautifully by DeGale. Dirrell makes it to his feel but he’s hurt badly. DeGale connects with another overhand left that knocks Dirrell down again! Dirrell saved by the bell. He’d only been down once previously in his career ... but floored twice in the last minute of that round. What a reversal. | |
| Guardian’s unofficial score: Dirrell 7-10 DeGale (Dirrell 17-19 DeGale) | |
| 4.51pm ET21:51 | |
| Round 1 | |
| Slow start as Dirrell and DeGale feel each other out. The fighters, both southpaws, flicking jabs in the the center of the ring. Dirrell connects with a sharp counter left uppercut. DeGale looking to connect with his left hand, but Dirrell countering nicely. DeGale looking a bit stiff here. He scores with nice left hook late but it’s not enough to take the round. | |
| Guardian’s unofficial score: Dirrell 10-9 DeGale (Dirrell 10-9 DeGale) | |
| 4.45pm ET21:45 | 4.45pm ET21:45 |
| Final instructions | Final instructions |
| The fighters meet at the center of the ring for final instructions. Seconds out and we’ll have round-by-round coverage from here on out! | The fighters meet at the center of the ring for final instructions. Seconds out and we’ll have round-by-round coverage from here on out! |
| 4.42pm ET21:42 | 4.42pm ET21:42 |
| Fighters making ringwalks | Fighters making ringwalks |
| Here comes DeGale making his entrance to Lil Wayne’s Right Above It. And next Dirrell, who enters to Roy Jones Jr’s Can’t Be Touched. Advantage: Dirrell. | Here comes DeGale making his entrance to Lil Wayne’s Right Above It. And next Dirrell, who enters to Roy Jones Jr’s Can’t Be Touched. Advantage: Dirrell. |
| 4.40pm ET21:40 | 4.40pm ET21:40 |
| Preamble | Preamble |
| Welcome to Agganis Arena on the campus of Boston University, where today James DeGale (20-1, 14 KOs) will attempt to become the first Olympic gold medalist from the UK to win a world championship when he fights Andre Dirrell (24-1, 16 KOs) for the vacant IBF super middleweight title. The fight is being telecast on NBC here in the US as a part of Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions series. | Welcome to Agganis Arena on the campus of Boston University, where today James DeGale (20-1, 14 KOs) will attempt to become the first Olympic gold medalist from the UK to win a world championship when he fights Andre Dirrell (24-1, 16 KOs) for the vacant IBF super middleweight title. The fight is being telecast on NBC here in the US as a part of Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions series. |
| Updated at 4.41pm ET | Updated at 4.41pm ET |
| 4.25pm ET21:25 | 4.25pm ET21:25 |
| Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime why not read Richard Williams’ look back at Muhammad Ali’s rematch win over Sonny Liston, which took place 50 years ago yesterday: | Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime why not read Richard Williams’ look back at Muhammad Ali’s rematch win over Sonny Liston, which took place 50 years ago yesterday: |
| If you happened to be a young person in 1965 it was hard to know where to look next as the frivolity of sport and song jostled with events profound enough to reshape the world. The year had barely begun when Malcolm X was assassinated while preparing to address a meeting in New York. The Beatles picked up their MBEs and played Shea Stadium. Lyndon Johnson sent the first ground troops to Vietnam. PJ Proby’s velvet trousers split on stage in Croydon. The Kray brothers were remanded and the Moors murderers charged. Liverpool won the FA Cup for the first time and Stanley Matthews played his last match, aged 50. | If you happened to be a young person in 1965 it was hard to know where to look next as the frivolity of sport and song jostled with events profound enough to reshape the world. The year had barely begun when Malcolm X was assassinated while preparing to address a meeting in New York. The Beatles picked up their MBEs and played Shea Stadium. Lyndon Johnson sent the first ground troops to Vietnam. PJ Proby’s velvet trousers split on stage in Croydon. The Kray brothers were remanded and the Moors murderers charged. Liverpool won the FA Cup for the first time and Stanley Matthews played his last match, aged 50. |
| More? Three Rolling Stones were fined a fiver each for urinating in a petrol station forecourt in Essex on the way home from a show. India and Pakistan went to war over Kashmir while mods and rockers fought on the beach in Brighton. Jim Clark became the first non-American driver to win the Indy 500. David Bailey married Catherine Deneuve. Incitement to racial hatred was banned in the UK. The model Jean Shrimpton scandalised Australian society by turning up for the Melbourne Cup in a dress with a hem three inches above the knee. Bob Dylan went electric and the year’s endless parade of hits included Like a Rolling Stone, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Stop! In the Name of Love, My Generation, Help, In the Midnight Hour, California Girls, I Got You Babe, Mr Tambourine Man, The Tracks of My Tears and You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’. | More? Three Rolling Stones were fined a fiver each for urinating in a petrol station forecourt in Essex on the way home from a show. India and Pakistan went to war over Kashmir while mods and rockers fought on the beach in Brighton. Jim Clark became the first non-American driver to win the Indy 500. David Bailey married Catherine Deneuve. Incitement to racial hatred was banned in the UK. The model Jean Shrimpton scandalised Australian society by turning up for the Melbourne Cup in a dress with a hem three inches above the knee. Bob Dylan went electric and the year’s endless parade of hits included Like a Rolling Stone, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Stop! In the Name of Love, My Generation, Help, In the Midnight Hour, California Girls, I Got You Babe, Mr Tambourine Man, The Tracks of My Tears and You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’. |
| And 50 years ago this Monday, in the midst of that social, political and cultural maelstrom, the former Cassius Clay, fighting for the first time as Muhammad Ali, took one minute and 44 seconds to demolish Sonny Liston’s attempt to recapture his world heavyweight title. | And 50 years ago this Monday, in the midst of that social, political and cultural maelstrom, the former Cassius Clay, fighting for the first time as Muhammad Ali, took one minute and 44 seconds to demolish Sonny Liston’s attempt to recapture his world heavyweight title. |