Instead -- DeGale confirmed to IFL TV -- that the injuries that had DeGale looking like a Halloween ghoul came from an apocalyptic sparring session at Muhammad Ali’s old stomping grounds at the 5th Street Gym in South Beach. “In Miami, I boxed this mad Turkish guy [Avni “Mr. Robot” Yildirim], he came out to kill me,” DeGale said, confirming the leaked reports. “He’s unbeaten, ranked number two in the WBC, he got in there to kill me. Done in my teeth.”
According to DeGale, who was sporting a brand new smile, the pair boxed for three hard-fought rounds, which was enough to shatter the Brit’s gums and put a dent in his vanity, and his pride. “So I went to the dentist, got them sewn back in,” he added, which got him ready for the Jack unification bout. “And in the 7th round, he hit me with a hook-uppercut, licked off my teeth. I said, ‘Oh, god.’ Because I'm vain.”
