The purse bid for the Super Middleweight Championship contest between James DeGale and Andre Dirrell took place today, March 10, 2015, at the IBF office in Springfield, NJ. The bidders were Warriors Boxing Promotions and Mathchroom Sport.
The winning bid came from Warriors Boxing Promotions at $3,100,000.00. Matchroom Sport bid $2,105,000.00. The purse will be split 50/50. Warriors Boxing Promotion has until March 25, 2015 to submit executed contracts for this bout to the IBF and has 90 days to stage the contest.
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That seems like a huge bid for the DeGale vs. Dirrell clash, especially if Warriors plans on staging the bout in the U.S. We’ll see where the fight ends up and what the other details are for the encounter. It’s an intriguing clash, even with Dirrell having spent so long on the shelf, and if he’s able to find that old form once again, he could certainly provide a lot of difficulty for DeGale.
