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George Kambosos Jr. is confident he will defeat Vasyl Lomachenko this Saturday night, May 11th, and rejuvenate his career in the process.
Former lightweight world champion Kambosos (21-2, 10 KOs) and former three-division world champion Lomachenko (17-3, 10 KOs) fight for the vacant IBF 135-pound title on ESPN at Redemption Road at the RAC Arena in Perth. , Australia.
Kambosos needs to up his game
Of the two, 30-year-old Kambosos has something to prove as he has struggled in his last three fights, losing two of them and winning a highly controversial decision in his last match against Maxie Hughes.
While this isn't technically Kambosos' return, it's actually because he clearly deserved to lose to Hughes. Since he has lost his last three fights, it looks like he is about to fall out of the top 15.
Even bottom feeders in the 135 lb. division perform better than the Kambosos. So he stands up to it and can no longer live off his upset win over Teofimo Lopez. He waited for this victory for three years.
Kambosos looks as average as he did before he crushed Teofimo Lopez a la Buster Douglas in 2021. Unfortunately, Kambosos has failed to do so in any of his last three fights, resulting in two losses to Devin Haney. .
Lomachenko was defeated by Haney in a fight he thought he won easily, and he wants to show fans that he is still the same fighter he was.
Kambosos promises to renew focus
“I’m so focused, and that’s what I lacked in the fights with Haney. I didn’t have that concentration and I was going to fight a very good fighter, an elite fighter, and he beat me (twice),” George Kambosos Jr. told Top Rank Boxing.
“On May 12, my glory will come again, my time will come again, and I will return. In 36 minutes or less I will be back at the top of the mountain. I came back for glory.”
“If you're talking about Teofimo, it was close. But if you’re talking about Haney, it wasn’t a close fight,” Vasiliy Lomachenko said of his controversial decision loss to Devin Haney in 2023.
“I know that I understand that I will win this fight. People know about this result, about this robbery.”
“This fight will rejuvenate my career. This is a different Kambosos that you will see on May 12,” Kambosos said.
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