George Kambosos Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
By Keith Idec - Maxi Hughes seemed to capitalize on the biggest opportunity of his late-blooming boxing career Saturday night. The British southpaw still lost a majority decision to former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. in their 12-round lightweight fight at FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Oklahoma. England’s Hughes, who sought this fight and
Keyshawn Davis hopes a top-five lightweight will give him an opportunity to prove himself sometime soon. “The Businessman” understands, though, that the dollars would have to make sense for George Kambosos Jr. to fight him. If the former unified lightweight champion can be compensated properly, however, Davis would gladly travel halfway around the world to box Kambosos in the Sydney native’s home country of Australia.
Maxi Hughes has heard and read all about George Kambosos Jr.’s desire to challenge Gervonta Davis or Vasiliy Lomachenko in higher-profile lightweight fights or to move up to the junior welterweight division for a rematch with Teofimo Lopez.
Former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos is back in action on Saturday night, when he faces IBO beltholder Maxi Hughes in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Kambosos will be looking to bounce back after suffering two defeats at the hands of undisputed king Devin Haney.
Kambosos, Hughes, Davis, Patera Weights Photos Gallery - Former unified and lineal lightweight king George Kambosos Jr. is eager to reclaim his throne, but English southpaw Maxi Hughes stands in his way. (photos by Mikey Williams)
Maxi Hughes smiled and promised to sabotage George Kambosos Jr.’s return to the ring as they walked away from each other Friday afternoon. Moments earlier, Kambosos and Hughes both came in beneath the lightweight limit for their 12-round, 135-pound fight Saturday night in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Australia’s Kambosos (20-2, 10 KOs) stepped on the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission’s scale at 134.6 pounds, slightly lighter than England’s Hughes (26-5-2, 5 KOs), who officially weighed 134.7.
By Keith Idec - Lou DiBella considers a Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos Jr. rematch inevitable. Kambosos’ first fight of a new multi-bout co-promotional partnership with Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. is scheduled for Saturday night, when he’ll encounter England’s Maxi Hughes. Lopez has long been promoted by Top Rank and has come back from his surprising split-decision defeat to Kambosos in November 2021 by beating previously undefeated Scottish southpaw Josh Taylor to win the WBO junior welterweight title.
Kambosos, Hughes Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Former unified and lineal lightweight king George Kambosos Jr. is eager to reclaim his throne, but English southpaw Maxi Hughes stands in his way. (photos by Mikey Williams)
George Kambosos Jr. watched the Devin Haney-Vasiliy Lomachenko fight from a ringside seat the night of May 20. From Kambosos’ vantagepoint, Haney-Lomachenko was “a great fight” that could’ve gone “either way.” The former unified lightweight champion condemned those, including Lomachenko, who have claimed Haney’s unanimous-decision win was “a robbery.”
British boxer Maxi Hughes is confident in his ability to shock former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos. Hughes, who holds the IBO championship at 135-pounds, will face Kambosos this Saturday night in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Their fight has been sanctioned as an IBF world title eliminator.