Former IBF/WBA/WBO & Ring light-weight champion George Kambosos Jr. (21-2, 10 KOs) and celebrity Vasily Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs) will battle for the vacant IBF 135-lb title on Could 12 in collision in Perth, Australia.
Staging the struggle in Australia provides Kambosos, 30, the house benefit over Lomachenko, which ought to make for an thrilling match. Each fighters are coming off questional fights.
Followers on social media wish to see this struggle occur prior to Could, contemplating each of those fighters have been inactive for ages.
Mike Coppinger of ESPN broke the information of the Lomachenko-Kambosos Jr. struggle happening on Could twelfth. That’s Australian time. The struggle might be proven within the U.S. within the night on Could eleventh.
Whereas Lomachenko arguably beat Devin Haney final Could however misplaced a questionable choice, Kambosos beat Maxi Hughes by a twelve-round majority choice final July in a present in his first struggle with Prime Rank.
There have been some irate followers after the scores for the Kambosos-Hughes struggle had been learn, as they didn’t agree with Kambosos being given the victory in a struggle that gave the impression to be one-sided.
This author had Hughes successful 9-3, and two of these rounds had been mercy ones given to Kambosos as a result of he was fully dominated, even worse than he was in his losses to Haney.
Some followers see the Lomachenko vs. Kambosos Jr. struggle as a match between two of Haney’s victims, however the hardcore boxing followers know the deal.
Lomachenko deserved the win and may have been the undisputed light-weight champion, nevertheless it wasn’t his evening. It’s unsurprising that Loma took a while off after that bitter defeat.
Curiously, the struggle will happen in Perth slightly than Melbourne, Australia, the situation for Kambosos Jr’s two fights with Devin Haney in 2022, each of which he misplaced. Has the emperor worn out his welcome in that metropolis?
If that’s the case, Kambosos has the possibility to boost his recognition again to the place it as soon as was if he defeats the previous three-division world champion Lomachenko; his recognition might be again to the place it was when he pulled off an upset of Teofimo Lopez in 2020.
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