By: Sean Crose
It wasn’t alleged to occur prefer it did. Teofimo Lopez had bested the nice Vasyl Lomachenko, in any case. That made the brash New Yorker the toast of the battle recreation. Did anybody actually count on him to go on to lose his world light-weight titles to the likes of Australia’s George Kambosos? The onerous hitting Lopez was clearly anticipated to get previous Kambosos, then transfer on to larger issues. Kambosos, nonetheless, had different plans. Proving himself to be a extra expert fighter than maybe anybody had excepted, the challenger efficiently outboxed Lopez, resulting in the Aussies’s shock title victory.
it was a good time to be George Kambosos. Everybody loves a David and Goliath story, and Kambosos’ victory over Lopez was definitely that. Once more, it was a good time to be George Kambosos. Then got here Devin Haney. There can be no repeat of the battle that gained Kambosos his IBF and WBO titles. There can be no accolades or international applause. There would solely be the chilly onerous proven fact that Kambosos was utterly outclassed by the proficient American. Issues didn’t flip round when the 2 males went on to interact in a rematch. When all was stated and executed, Haney was clearly the higher of the 2 fighters.
To make issues even worse, Kambosos ended up being stopped by Lomachenko a yr afterwards. Clearly, it was not a good time to be George Kambosos. Now, although, Kambosos is coming again. For this Saturday the previous world titlist will probably be taking over Jake Wyllie in his native Australia. Issues couldn’t be extra significant for Kambosos at this level. Wyllie is a final minute fill in. A loss this weekend can be disastrous for Kambosos, to say the least. Kambosos may have a tough time displaying his face within the land down beneath if he suffers one other loss this weekend.
Kambosos, nonetheless, definitely seems decided and centered. He ought to, in all objectivity, be capable to deal with Wyllie handily. Certainly, Kambosos would do effectively to utterly dominate Wyllie. A decisive and spectacular win is definitely what the person wants proper now. All different issues will kind themselves out in time.
It’s price preserving in thoughts the final weight realm Kambosos fights in is clearly intensely aggressive. A person like Kambosos might or might not attain the highest of the heap once more. If he does, nonetheless, it might be as a lot via brains as via brawn. No doubt, he’s extra talent than energy within the ring. It is going to be fascinating to see how effectively he places that talent to work on Saturday.
