All along, Devin Haney insisted he was “levels above” George Kambosos Jr, and it turned out to be so last night (afternoon local time in Australia) as “The Dream” dominated the defending unified lightweight champ over 12 rounds.
WBC lightweight champion Devin ‘The Dream’ Haney (28-0, 15 KOs) looked levels above undefeated unified champion George Kambosos (20-1, 10 KOs) in winning a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision to achieve his vision of becoming the undisputed 135-lb champion on Saturday night at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.
George Kambosos Jr. is already closing the door on a possible title defense against Ryan Garcia should he come out victorious on Sunday night against WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney in Melbourne, Australia.
“George Worked Harder Than Anyone In The Camp”
All-time great Manny Pacquiao is expected to be in Australia this weekend, to support defending lightweight champ George Kambosos Jr in his fight with Devin Haney.
Fight fans may have read about the situation regarding Devin Haney’s father and head trainer, Bill Haney, not being allowed into Australia for the June 5 fight between George Kambosos Jr and Haney, this due to a visa issue.
The last time retired all-time great Manny Pacquiao made the trip to Australia, he lost in a big upset when he was decisioned, somewhat controversially, by massive underdog Jeff Horn five years ago.
Eddie Hearn says he’s hoping to get the deal done this week for the undisputed lightweight championship between George Kambosos Jr.
As fight fans may have read or heard by now, Vasiliy Lomachenko has opted to stay right where he is – fighting to protect his country Ukraine during the ongoing troubles.
We are still waiting to see who unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr will fight in his maiden defence. We are now getting on for three months on since the Australian warrior’s upset win over Teofimo Lopez, and Kambosos has promised us a “massive fight” for his first defence, which would take place in Australia.
Who will unified lightweight champ George Kambosos Jr fight next? We’ve been asking this question for weeks, since the Australian warrior did what he always said he’d do, and that’s (after multiple fight delays) beat Teofimo Lopez.