LAS VEGAS – Rubber match, anyone? For now, everyone says yes.
James DeGale brought up the idea after he took back his IBF supermiddleweight belt from Osseo boxer Caleb Truax on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel.
Truax, who had swiped the belt with a surprise victory in December in London, seconded.
"Absolutely," he said. "I gave him a rematch straight away, so why not do it again?"
Judges Robert Hoyle and Don Trella scored Saturday's fight 114-113 for DeGale. John McKaie scored it 117-110.
"I thought I did enough to win the fight, but I also thought I was pretty flat and didn't get my shots off like I wanted," said Truax (29-4-2, 18 knockouts). "I was just a little bit flat. I felt really good coming in, but I just couldn't get my shots off like the last fight. He never hurt me, but it is what it is."
DeGale improved to 24-2-1 with 14 knockouts.
"I'm just happy that I'm a two-time world champion and I got my IBF world title back," DeGale said. "Two-and-a-half years I had it and I lost it to Caleb. He embarrassed me, but we're back.