A Quote by James DeGale

I boxed for the British title in my ninth fight. — © James DeGale
I boxed for the British title in my ninth fight.
I've won the British title and although it would be nice to win it outright, I want to push on to the next level and if the opportunity to fight for the European or even a world title comes up, I will take it.
I ain't a 16-fight novice who has only fought at British title level.
I wanted to defend my British Title but no one would step up to fight me.
I'm proud to be British champion, and I'll defend it until I can get a fight for a world title.
It's great to win the British title. I wanted to control the fight behind my jab and then land the right hand.
I'd like to fight and get close to that title shot - that's all I'm interested in. My whole purpose is to fight for the world title.
An interim title is just a guarantee at a title shot. If I'm going to fight the best guys in the world, I want a guarantee that I'm going to fight for the title.
I've boxed many people in their own backyard plenty of times - in China, I boxed a Chinese girl in the final of the world championships, and I've boxed Russians before in their home nation as well.
If a guy isn't in a position to fight for a world title, or if he's not in a place where I can intercept his road to the title, don't offer him to me. I'm not in this to just fight guys for the sake of fighting. I'm not in this to make friends with the people who work in the organization.
If I want to fight for a 155-pound title - if I hold the 145-pound title - give me the fight.
After I knock out Randy Couture, I'll fight for the heavyweight title, the real heavyweight boxing title in October or November, come back and fight in the UFC in January or February. It doesn't matter, I'm a two sport athlete. The oldest man to ever do that.
Everyone should go up there and fight. Go up there and go through opponents and earn their opportunity to fight for the title, not talk their way into the title.
If you want to go for the title, you go for the title, and you fight. You don't run away; you fight.
I'm going to get paid the most if I fight for a title or hold a title. That's when all of the big opportunities come.
It makes me very, very happy to get someone a world title shot, which I've done with a few fighters, or a European title shot or a British title, and I see them lift that belt above their waist and they come to me and say 'Thanks Ricky. I've just paid my mortgage off with that.' That's what its all about.
I want the real title. I can't express it enough that I want to fight for the real title. The interim title, from what I've seen... people get it, and then they take it away in a month. I just don't want to be that person.
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