DeGale was thrust straight into a title fight on the back of his defeat to George Groves and it proved a real war for the Londoner who took some powerful shots before prevailing on points.
DeGale was marked early, with Wilczewski finding his range with the right hand. DeGale was content to work the ring as his Polish opponent kept coming forward and he landed a big uppercut in the second.
Wilczewski is a dangerous operator and he rocked DeGale with a snapping right hand that opened up a cut above the right eye. Things got worse for DeGale in the fifth, as a huge right turned his legs to jelly and he had to cling on for the final 30 seconds to avoid being put on the canvas.
To DeGale's credit, he upped his workrate in the sixth and seventh to get himself back in the fight. He had to prove his chin again when taking a stiff shot in the eighth, but came back with a big uppercut which slowed Wilczewski.
Wilczewski looked a spent force in the ninth, but was not prepared to let his title go without a fight and the pair fired up the crowd by trading shots in the past couple of rounds. The contest went to the judges following a real war in the 12th - with DeGale prevailing by way of a majority decision:114-114, 113-115, 113-115.
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