George Kambosos Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Promoters for Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr. have reached an impasse. Their inability to reach a financial agreement for that mandated lightweight title fight led the IBF to order a purse bid Monday. Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. (Lopez), DiBella Entertainment (Kambosos) or any other promoter can bid for the right to put on a Lopez-Kambosos bout during a virtual purse bid that has been scheduled for February 18.
IBF, WBC Franchise, WBO, WBA lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez is hoping to land very big fights in 2021. Lopez had a breakout year in 2020 - after winning a twelve round unanimous decision over one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport, Vasiliy Lomachenko.
Bob Arum expects Teofimo Lopez to face George Kambosos in his next fight. Lopez’s promoter also thinks their mandated match will take place in Australia, Kambosos’ homeland. The 89-year-old Arum informed BoxingScene.com that Lopez-Kambosos won’t take place before the COVID-19 pandemic ends, though.
As BoxingScene.com reported on Friday, the International Boxing Federation ordered IBF, WBC Franchise, WBO, WBA lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez to make a mandatory defense against George Kambosos.
For the path he’s chosen on the road to lightweight supremacy, any fight would have been an acceptable next option for Teofimo Lopez Jr. The theory on the way up was to never settle for something less when the best was available. That same logic is applied to the next likely fight on Lopez’s radar, a mandatory defense of his IBF title which he aims to turn into an event.
Teofimo Lopez Jr. is now pressed with a deadline to honor his next mandatory obligation. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has officially ordered a lightweight title fight between Lopez—as the defending champion—and unbeaten number-one contender George Kambosos Jr. The New Jersey-based sanctioning body notified both camps on Friday of a 30-day free negotiations period, during which time they are required to reach a deal to avoid a purse bid hearing.
Unified lightweight world champion Teofimo Lopez could be headed to mandatory challenger George Kambosos’ home country of Australia to defend against him in the spring. Talks to make the fight for April or May are under way, both sides told BoxingScene.
Rising Gold Coast standout Jacob Ng is excited ahead of his ring return on December 11, as the all-action lightweight looks to end 2020 with a bang against Hunter Ioane.
Hot junior middleweight prospect Tim Tszyu is not opposed to appearing on the undercard to a potential huge card in 2021, with unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez defending his belts against mandatory challenger George Kambosos.
Bob Arum’s master plan for Top Rank to get the (he)ck out of Vegas by 2021 could include one of his biggest stars. Talks have progressed for a potential lightweight title fight between lineal champion Teofimo Lopez Jr, and unbeaten mandatory challenger George Kambosos Jr. Several matters remain in play, though BoxingScene.com has learned that the intention is for the fight to take place in the springtime—possibly April—in either Melbourne or Sydney.