Vasily Lomachenko has arrived in Australia ahead of his May 12th fight against hometown fighter, former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. in their battle at the RAC Arena in Perth.
The vacant IBF lightweight title will be at stake for the Lomachenko-Kambosos fight and that makes it more interesting.
Can Kambosos Pull Off a Hometown Miracle?
It might take a miracle for Kambosos to win this fight against the more accomplished, and talented former three-division world champion Lomachenko. However, Kambosos Jr. is certainly fighting in the right place to win a decision.
You have to figure that if the fight goes to the cards, Kambosos Jr. will likely have his hand raised.
Kambosos’ last three fights:
- Maxi Hughes: A highly criticized 12-round majority decision win for Kambosos in a fight that a lot of fans saw him losing.
- Devin Haney (x 2): Two consecutive defeats.
Some boxing fans see Kambosos as unworthy of fighting for another world title, given that he’s lost two out of his last three fights and is coming off a questionable 12-round majority decision over Maxi Hughes last July.
Ideally, Kambosos should have given Hughes a rematch to show the boxing public that he was truly the better man and not just someone who got lucky with the scoring.
Instead of doing that, Kambosos moves on and goes into his fight with Lomachenko, looking tarnished in the eyes of the fans who saw his fight with Hughes and watched his consecutive defeats against Devin Haney.
I think it’s fair to say that the former unified lightweight champion Kambosos (21-2, 10 KOs) should have lost to Hughes, which would have finished his career as a world-level fighter. That would have been Kambosos’ third straight loss.
Kambosos, 30, looked terrible against a fighter that William Zepeda had just destroyed in four rounds last May, which shows how far away Kambosos is from being true top-level.
Lomachenko Focused on the Task Ahead
“I’m very excited. I want to win this fight, and I hope I’ll be able to do it,” said Vasily Lomachenko to the media upon arrival to Australia for his May 12th fight against George Kambosos Jr.
“We have one week of training. It’ll be our last week of training camp. It’s competition and I think the best man will win,” said Lomachenko when asked if he has a message for Kambosos.
