George Kambosos Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
George Kambosos Jr. senses that he defeated Teofimo Lopez almost as convincingly as Lopez claimed he had won their lightweight title fight right after it ended Saturday night in New York.
George Kambosos Jr. accomplished nearly everything he vowed to do in the biggest fight of his career to date. Having to overcome a knockdown wasn’t necessarily part of the plan in his upset win over lineal/WBA/IBF/WBO lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez Jr (16-1, 12KOs). Both boxers hit the deck in their sensational twelve-round contest Saturday evening at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York City. Kambosos (20-0, 10KOs) late in the opening round, only to suffer a knockdown of his own midway through round ten.
Devin Haney didn’t waste any time telling the boxing world he told it so Saturday night. Haney called Teofimo Lopez “a f------’ fraud” in the immediate aftermath of Lopez’s stunning upset defeat to George Kambosos Jr. at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York. Haney and Lopez are rivals who relentlessly contested the identity of the true WBC lightweight champion following Lopez’s career-changing victory over Vasiliy Lomachenko in October 2020.
On Saturday night at Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden, Australia’s George Kambosos pulled one of biggest upsets in recent memory, when he picked up a twelve round split decision win over Teofimo Lopez to capture the WBO, IBF, WBA lightweight titles.
Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York City - Lightweight Teofimo Lopez (16-1, 12 KOs) was in disbelief after losing his WBO, IBF, WBA titles to huge underdog George Kambosos (20-0, 10 KOs) on Saturday night.
Kambosos, Lopez Fight Photos Gallery - Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York City - In a battle for the WBO, IBF, WBC Franchise WBA lightweight titles, George Kambosos (20-0, 10 KOs) shocked the odds to score a massive upset with a twelve round split decision over Teofimo Lopez (16-1, 12 KOs). (photos by Ed Mulholland)
Lopez, Kambosos Official Scorecards - Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York City - In a battle for the WBO, IBF, WBC Franchise, WBA lightweight titles, George Kambosos (20-0, 10 KOs) derailed the odds to score a massive upset with a twelve round split decision over Teofimo Lopez (16-1, 12 KOs)
George Kambosos pulls off the shocker, outlanding Teofimo Lopez 155-115 in power punches. Kambosos iced the win by outlanding Lopez 41-16 in rounds 11 and 12 to secure the twelve round decision win on two of the official cards.
By Thomas Gerbasi - NEW YORK - After numerous starts, stops, delays and venue changes, the lightweight title bout between multi-belt champion Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr. took place at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater, and it was worth the wait, as both battled through 12 rounds of drama and momentum swings before Kambosos handed Lopez his first loss via split decision in one of the biggest upsets of 2021.
Lopez, Kambosos Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Unified WBA, IBF, WBO lightweight champion TEOFIMO LOPEZ makes his maiden title defense this weekend against Australian challenger GEORGE KAMBOSOS JR., live this Saturday on DAZN from Hulu Theater, New York. (photos by Ed Mulholland)