James DeGale retained his European super-middleweight title when he beat Hadillah Mohoumadi on points at Glow Bluewater on Saturday night.

The former Olympic Games champion won the fight by 119-109, 116-112 and 117-111 to retain his crown in front of a packed house at the Kent venue.

DeGale, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics, improved his professional record to 13-1, including 9 knockouts, although his French opponent put up some stiff resistance.

Fighting for the first time under new promoter Mick Hennessy, Degale showed his class pulling off a succession of combination punches leaving his opponent rocked at stages, however the fight was to go the full twelve rounds.

Speaking after the bout, Degale admitted his French opponent had put up a sterner test than he had expected:

“I knew he was going to be tough and durable but I didn’t think he’d be as tough as that,” DeGale admitted. “That’s why I’ve got to train hard.”

“We’ve been working at it in the gym because sometimes I get lazy and stay on the ropes and I don’t bend my knees or I don’t bob and weave.”

“I just stand up straight like a soldier. I had to have a round off in there because he was so tough. But I live and I learn and we go back and the gym next week and we work on it.”

Earlier in the evening, Chris Eubank Jr remained undefeated and improved his record to seven fights unbeaten when he outpointed Ruslan Pojonisevs over eight rounds.

Meanwhile, Kent’s Adam Dingsdale came through his four round fight with Ibrar Riyaz, winning on points to make it five wins from five for the Hoo fighter.