DeGale eyes Jack unification fight this year

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James DeGale is confident victory on Saturday will set up a world title unification fight against Badou Jack in London in early September.

The Briton has not fought on home soil since winning the belt via a unanimous decision over American Andre Dirrell almost a year ago and has taken to calling himself “road warrior”.

There’s been another unanimous points win since, beating former champion Lucian Bute (32-3, 25 KOs) in Canada last November, and on Saturday DeGale makes a second defence against Mexican Rogelio Medina (36-6, 30 KOs) at the Armory in Washington.

DeGale (22-1, 14 KOs) is eager to meet Las Vegas-based Swede Jack (20-1-1, 12 KOs), who defends his WBC belt for the second time against Bute on the same bill in Washington after a split decision win over DeGale’s fellow Londoner George Groves last September.

“I just need to win this and then I will get my chance in a unification fight,” DeGale told ESPN.

“People are sticking me up there as the best super-middleweight in the world and I want to prove it.

“I just have to win, how ever I do it. If I win this one and then box Badou Jack to unify the division, that will be the statement I want to make.

“There’s a lot of talk and Al Haymon has said …

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