Comments Thread For: Kambosos on Lopez Fight: My Priority is Taking Those Belts, F--- The Money

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

When lightweight contender George Kambosos got the phone call he was waiting for from manager Peter Kahn to tell him the results of the purse bid for his mandatory title shot against unified world champion Teofimo Lopez, he had a distinct reaction.
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[Ray*]

“The money is not my priority,” he said. “What my priority is is taking those belts. Excuse my French, but f--- the money. The money will come, the money was always gonna come. For me, I want the belts. Lopez, we all know that he wanted the money. He was adamant, (asking for) $5 million, $6 million, $10 million. I know his mind is on the money. He’s already achieved everything that there is in boxing. He’s the unified champion of the world and he has all those belts. My drive, my motivation is about winning them titles. Everyone thinks he’s an immortal. He can’t be beat. Well, they said the same thing about Lomachenko.”


Well said. Nice to get paid but the money would come with legacy fights/wins.

[cace]

i hope im wrong but i think lopez will stop kambosos

[Mammoth]

i hope im wrong but i think lopez will stop kambosos

Why would you be wrong? Kambosos has no chance.

[57Blues]

I still get a kick out of Hearn saying the guys should get all the money or however he puts it. After saying back six weeks ago "we can not be paying big money to fighters like we used to" "If they wont take less next up then". no problem with him saying either but you can not stand on dif sides of the street and at the same time want credit for being at both sides at the same time. Fact > it was not a PPV fight until someone overbid the fight. This is the payback for getting a good fight on ESPN regular and the mandatory goes PPV. Such is boxing.

[richardt]

My priority is seeing all the sht talking both guys will do leading up to the fight. Kombosos will turn on the sht talking like he did with Lee Selby.

[Combat Talk Radio]

"Everyone’s been scared of this kid. Everyone’s been afraid of him. I’ll tell you right now -- I have no fear of this kid. I respect him as a fighter. He’s unified champion. But I’m coming head on to this kid.”

Gotta respect the heart. Question is whether it'll stay there once he eats a shot. AND, question is will Teofimo pull a Roberto Duran (the first fight), slack off between fights, and get upset by a COMPLETE underdog?

I'd love that.

[millcitymauler]

Damn - Kambosos lookin like a shot-caller with all that ink.

[LeOoze]

"Everyone’s been scared of this kid. Everyone’s been afraid of him. I’ll tell you right now -- I have no fear of this kid. I respect him as a fighter. He’s unified champion. But I’m coming head on to this kid.”

Gotta respect the heart. Question is whether it'll stay there once he eats a shot. AND, question is will Teofimo pull a Roberto Duran (the first fight), slack off between fights, and get upset by a COMPLETE underdog?

I'd love that.

I hate how little credit you give Teo for beating Loma but it would be absolutely crazy if Teo slacked off/underestimated Kambosos and got stopped.

[nino brown21]

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