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James DeGale and Lucien Bute make weight

The IBF super-middleweight title clash is on

John Dennen

27th November, 2015

James DeGale and Lucien Bute make weight

JAMES DEGALE and Lucien Bute will fight tomorrow (November 28) in Quebec, Canada for the former’s IBF super-middleweight title. Both made weight today, with Harlsden’s DeGale scaling 167.4lbs and Bute 167.2lbs.

DeGale took to Twitter to declare that he was “in the best shape of his career. The countdown begins to fight night.”

Other weights:

WBC Light Heavyweight World Title Eliminator

Eleider Alvarez – 174 ¾ Pounds

Isaac Chilemba – 173 ½ Pounds

Super Lightweight Bout – 10 Rounds

Amir Imam – 139 ½ Pounds

Adrian Granados – 139 ½ Pounds

Heavyweight Bout – 10 Rounds

Oscar Rivas – 240 ½Pounds

Joey Abell – 236 ½ Pounds

Read more:

HERE DeGale tells us why has to knock out Bute

HERE DeGale explains that he’d drop below super-middleweight to get a fight with Gennady Golovkin

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