George Kambosos Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom has fired back at some of the statements from Teofimo Lopez Sr. - the father and head trainer of former lightweight world champion Teofimo Lopez.
George Kambosos Jr. doesn’t expect Teofimo Lopez to fight him again. Based on Lopez’s tepid reaction in the ring Saturday night and comments made Sunday morning by the former unified lightweight champion, Kambosos believes he’ll head in a different direction for his first fight of 2022. Australia’s Kambosos (20-0, 10 KOs) isn’t contractually obligated to grant Lopez (16-1, 12 KOs) a second chance, but there obviously would be interest among fans and media in an immediate rematch of a 12-round, 135-pound championship bout Kambosos won by split decision.
WBA, IBF, WBC Franchise, WBO champion George Kambosos is still over the moon, soaking in his tremendous upset from last Saturday night at the Hulu Theater in New York's Madison Square Garden.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Let’s say there’s a result. One that nearly every reputable, non-partisan onlooker suggests is valid. Not to mention many more that were actually on the loser’s side, too. Nevertheless, the entity on the short end of said result continues to rant and rave about how it was rigged or stolen or somehow the product of a nebulous establishment conspiracy against him.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney, would love to match his boxer against newly crowned unified champion George Kambosos in a full-division unification.
WBA, IBF, WBC Franchise, WBO lightweight champion George Kambosos rejects any claims of a robbery in last Saturday's huge upset win over Teofimo Lopez.
Ryan Garcia believes he found his first fight back in 2022. It remains to be seen whether the unbeaten lightweight contender jumps to the front of the line, but he was among the more interested observers for Saturday’s divisional championship bout on DAZN from Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York City. In a massive upset, George Kambosos Jr. prevailed by split decision victory to dethrone previously undefeated lineal/WBA/IBF/WBO lightweight king Teofimo Lopez Jr. No sooner than the official verdict was announced, Garcia offered his services as the next challenger.
The only adjustment that Teofimo Lopez Jr. is expected to make is adding five pounds to his frame. That was the common takeaway among the team following Lopez’s first career defeat, a stunning split decision in favor of George Kambosos Jr. (20-0, 10KOs) in their thrilling lineal/WBA/IBF/WBO lightweight championship Saturday evening at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York City. Lopez (16-1, 12KOs) was vocal in the months-long buildup to the fight about it being his last at lightweight, a sentiment his team fully shares to the point of not even thinking about staying at the weight long enough to attempt to avenge the loss.
We got a great fight where we expected it. We got one where most did not as well. That’s a winning weekend for fight fans. It turned out the wait was for worth it for the lightweight championship showdown between George Kambosos and Teofimo Lopez. Would things have turned out differently had the fight happened closer to Lopez’s upset of Vasyl Lomachenko?
By Corey Erdman - Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr. had conflicting premonitions prior to their lineal lightweight title fight on Saturday. Lopez said that he had already seen how the fight was going to end, a left hook knockout in the very first round. His father disagreed only slightly, saying that he had envisioned a right hand doing the job. Lopez said that the result was inevitable, it had already occurred in his mind, all he had to do was go out and realize it.