James DeGale will consider retirement after losing his grudge match with Chris Eubank Jr at The O2 Arena in London.

The Olympic gold medallist and former IBF super-middleweight champion demonstrated further signs of decline as he lost for the third time as a professional.

Brighton's Eubank Jr would not be drawn on whether he thought his rival, who was beaten by a unanimous decision, should hang up the gloves but DeGale knows his chances of another big pay day are dwindling. 

DeGale again struggled to convince throughout a fight he had previously said would leave the loser with little choice but to retire.

There a few lucrative options left for him to pursue - unlike Eubank Jr, who has revived his career with his finest ever victory - and having become Britain's first Olympic gold medallist to win a professional world title, he insisted he had "made his mark".

After his unanimous decision defeat, via scores of 114-112, 115-112 and 117-109, the 33-year-old DeGale said: "I've left my mark in boxing. Olympic gold, two world titles, but Chris performed well. I just didn't do enough but when you're in there with wild punches.

"I'm going to have to go back and watch it. I just didn't do enough.

"I just didn't do enough. I'm going to go back, talk to my team, my family, but I'm pretty sure. I've been to the heights in boxing, I'm the history man; if I call it a day now, that's nice."

Eubank Jr said: "There was massive pressure. We were both on the edge of this cliff and someone was going to fall, and whoever falls can't come back. I'm still here now, onwards and upwards."