Defeats can haunt a boxer for their entire career, with some struggling to overcome a blemish on their record, especially if they'd been tipped to win.

Some fighters are lucky enough to get a rematch almost straight away, but some have to go through their whole careers not having the chance to prove they were better than the guy that beat them.

James DeGale certainly doesn't want to take that chance, and has highlighted a rematch against fellow British fighter George Groves as his big priority.

The current IBF super-middleweight champion has been spending time in the USA recently, with his past four fights being held Stateside, but he hasn't forgotten his 15-year rivalry with Groves.

The pair grew up sparing together at the west London boxing club Dale Youth, with Groves beating DeGale to pick up the ABA title in 2007.

A year late DeGale went onto be selected for Team GB to compete at the Beijing Olympics, where he picked up a gold medal.

And while Groves recorded that win over his fellow Londoner as a pro, he also managed to get the better of DeGale in the paid ranks, where he beat the Harlesden-born fighter on points to claim the Commonwealth and British and super-middleweight titles.

DeGale clearly hasn't forgot this, and hopes to be able to get another bout with his old nemesis in a bid to even the score slightly.

"I'd like to fight George Groves again," DeGale said as per Sky Sports.

"Of course I'd like to put that right because we grew up together in the same amateur club, but the cream always rises to the top and now people are seeing who is the genuine world-class fighter of the two of us.

"The Groves fight is always there, although my winning the world title, while he has failed three times to do that, kills him.

"But it is a big British fight in which I could wipe out the only defeat in my pro career."

DeGale then went on to claim that he would also be open to stepping out of his weight class to take on the likes of Gennady Golovkin or Andre Ward.

"Golovkin? I walk around less than a stone above the super-middleweight limit and could easily go down to fight this great man for the middleweight title.

"Ward, like Golovkin, is among those quoted as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. It would be an honour to share a ring with him and just as I could go down for Gennady, I could go up to light heavy for Andre."