European super middleweight champion James DeGale will fight former IBO world champion Fulgencio Zuniga at the Hull Sports Arena on December 8.

The pair will clash for the WBC Silver championship and DeGale is under no illusions as to the difficulty of the fight.

"Zuniga is a big test for me as he's only lost to world-class opponents in Kelly Pavlik, Lucian Bute and Tavaris Cloud," he told Eurosport.

"More recently he went 12 rounds with the unbeaten, highly world ranked South African, Thomas Oosthuizen, so it shows he is world-class and a dangerous opponent."

Zuniga added: "I want to fight James DeGale because it gives me the opportunity to win against an Olympic gold medallist. I have fought the best in the world but DeGale does not have my experience so I will win this fight.

"He has lost before and so he will lose again to me. I am a pressure fighter and I will fight him and pressure him in the ring until he gives up."

DeGale is currently ranked number three in the world by the WBC.