By: Sean Crose
It wasn’t imagined to occur prefer it did. Teofimo Lopez had bested the good Vasyl Lomachenko, in spite of everything. That made the brash New Yorker the toast of the struggle sport. Did anybody actually count on him to go on to lose his world light-weight titles to the likes of Australia’s George Kambosos? The exhausting hitting Lopez was clearly anticipated to get previous Kambosos, then transfer on to larger issues. Kambosos, nevertheless, had different plans. Proving himself to be a extra expert fighter than maybe anybody had excepted, the challenger efficiently outboxed Lopez, resulting in the Aussies’s shock title victory.
it was a good time to be George Kambosos. Everybody loves a David and Goliath story, and Kambosos’ victory over Lopez was actually that. Once more, it was a good time to be George Kambosos. Then got here Devin Haney. There could be no repeat of the struggle that received Kambosos his IBF and WBO titles. There could be no accolades or world applause. There would solely be the chilly exhausting incontrovertible fact that Kambosos was utterly outclassed by the gifted American. Issues didn’t flip round when the 2 males went on to interact in a rematch. When all was mentioned and finished, Haney was clearly the higher of the 2 fighters.
To make issues even worse, Kambosos ended up being stopped by Lomachenko a 12 months afterwards. Clearly, it was not a good time to be George Kambosos. Now, although, Kambosos is coming again. For this Saturday the previous world titlist will likely be taking over Jake Wyllie in his native Australia. Issues couldn’t be extra significant for Kambosos at this level. Wyllie is a final minute fill in. A loss this weekend could be disastrous for Kambosos, to say the least. Kambosos can have a tough time displaying his face within the land down underneath if he suffers one other loss this weekend.
Kambosos, nevertheless, actually seems decided and targeted. He ought to, in all objectivity, be capable to deal with Wyllie handily. Certainly, Kambosos would do effectively to utterly dominate Wyllie. A decisive and spectacular win is actually what the person wants proper now. All different issues will kind themselves out in time.
It’s value conserving in thoughts the overall weight realm Kambosos fights in is clearly intensely aggressive. A person like Kambosos might or might not attain the highest of the heap once more. If he does, nevertheless, it could be as a lot by way of brains as by way of brawn. No doubt, he’s extra ability than energy within the ring. It is going to be fascinating to see how effectively he places that ability to work on Saturday.
