Fighting in another guy's backyard, a guy who is incredibly mentally tough and is just a natural tough, rugged, smart fighter.
For Haney to win this, he would need to be the type of talent that we've seen with Crawford, Spence etc. And I just don't see that at all with him. He is not that level.
I see him getting beat pretty handily and maybe even stopped late, especially if the crowd is crazy and he or his corner panics at all.
He's only 23, fighting away from home, dad/trainer isn't even there.
I just see this going all wrong for Haney.
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What's everyone's predictions? Of how your scorecard will be, not the official cards.
I see a couple feel out rounds where Kambosos feels what Haney has power wise, and then I think George just swarms him and ends up winning rounds quite easily, with a late stoppage possible.
Something like Culcay-Andrade except Andrade presents more of a challenge than Haney imo.
styles do make fights.. Haney is obviously the better more talented fighter of the two but i see him losing to Kambosos.
Fighting in Australia, not having the power to supress Kambosos pressure enough to widely win the rounds combined with home cooking (yea the judges are neutral but the crowd won't be) and the fact Kambosos clearly will be the aggressor this fight has a L written all over it for Haney
I agree with other posters that Haney has moments of brilliance followed by rounds where he looks mediocre.
I think if he can put it all together he’ll beat Kambosos comfortably.
I don’t rate George that highly
haneys not really that great at anything, not much power, ok speed, defensive style but not really great defense, got tagged enough by jojo. Dude fights like he is sparring or amateur boxing. Kambosos is pretty quick and haney dont have the power to bother him and i dont really see him being able to overcome that pressure.
Haney impresses me...for a couple rounds each fight. And then most of the rest, he looks very average and at times vulnerable.
That is a bad recipe imo vs Kambosos, in Australia. Just no way imo the guy could beat Teo but then lose at home to Devin. I don't see it, but we will see....
I was saying before the fight was made - this has SD Kambosis written all over it. Unless he can just completely dominate this fight the way Bivol dominated Canelo, he ain't winning. I see it going more like Froch-Dirrell.