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"Golden" Caleb Truax - U of M grad and IBF Super Middleweight Champion of the World
The University of Minnesota hasn't had a boxing team since the 1950s, but Caleb Truax still represents the Gophers by sporting his ring nickname, "Golden."
As great as the upset victory over James DeGale was at the time, Caleb Truax still doesn’t feel like he has established himself as a super middleweight world champion.
England’s DeGale is a 4-to-1 favorite over him entering their immediate rematch in tomorrow night’s Showtime-televised card (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. That is despite Truax convincingly defeating DeGale during their 12-round fight in London on Dec. 9. Truax senses DeGale still doesn’t respect him because the former IBF super middleweight champion claims his majority-decision loss was the result of rushing back from shoulder surgery, not how Truax boxed against him.
“That really surprised me,” Truax said. “I expected him to humble himself and come back to try to get his title back, not to fall into the same trap he did last time. But it’s fine with me, man. He can look past me again. I’m more motivated this time than I was the first fight, just because everybody thinks it was a fluke, and it wasn’t the best DeGale and blah, blah, blah, blah. I opened up as a 6-1 underdog, somebody told me, so that’s even more motivation this time around to shut everybody up.”
Truax (29-3-2, 18 KOs) of Osseo, Minnesota wants to shut up DeGale most of all...
...A second victory over DeGale would secure Truax (29-3-2, 18 KOs) another six-figure payday, the type of purse the University of Minnesota graduate never thought he’d earn following his devastating defeat to Dirrell in April 2016.
http://www.premierboxingchampions.c...egale-seek-validation-168-pound-title-rematch
The University of Minnesota hasn't had a boxing team since the 1950s, but Caleb Truax still represents the Gophers by sporting his ring nickname, "Golden."
As great as the upset victory over James DeGale was at the time, Caleb Truax still doesn’t feel like he has established himself as a super middleweight world champion.
England’s DeGale is a 4-to-1 favorite over him entering their immediate rematch in tomorrow night’s Showtime-televised card (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. That is despite Truax convincingly defeating DeGale during their 12-round fight in London on Dec. 9. Truax senses DeGale still doesn’t respect him because the former IBF super middleweight champion claims his majority-decision loss was the result of rushing back from shoulder surgery, not how Truax boxed against him.
“That really surprised me,” Truax said. “I expected him to humble himself and come back to try to get his title back, not to fall into the same trap he did last time. But it’s fine with me, man. He can look past me again. I’m more motivated this time than I was the first fight, just because everybody thinks it was a fluke, and it wasn’t the best DeGale and blah, blah, blah, blah. I opened up as a 6-1 underdog, somebody told me, so that’s even more motivation this time around to shut everybody up.”
Truax (29-3-2, 18 KOs) of Osseo, Minnesota wants to shut up DeGale most of all...
...A second victory over DeGale would secure Truax (29-3-2, 18 KOs) another six-figure payday, the type of purse the University of Minnesota graduate never thought he’d earn following his devastating defeat to Dirrell in April 2016.
http://www.premierboxingchampions.c...egale-seek-validation-168-pound-title-rematch
