Via Dan Ambrose: Bill Haney believes former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr is a “desperate man” heading into a rematch with undisputed 135 lb champion Devin Haney on October 16 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.
Kambosos’ career is basically ready for this fight, as he is expected to retire if he loses to Haney again. If Kambosos wins, he will have all four belts and a reason to keep his career going for a while longer.
However, the Kambosos are the weaker team, and given the way he looked at the one-sided loss to Haney last June, his chances of winning the rematch next month are slim.
Haney, 23, will once again go to Kambosos’ neck in the woods to fight him in Melbourne, Australia. The crowd supporting Kambosos didn’t help him last time against Haney, nor are they expected to make a difference this time around.
Kambosos got lucky with a win over the ailing and injured Teofimo Lopez in November 2021. Talk about being in the right place at the right time.
When Kambosos faced Haney last summer, his true limitations as a boxer were exposed for the world to see. In the rematch, it will probably be worse for Kambosos as Haney has been sitting down in front of his punches more, and he is expected to fight him this time rather than boxing. .
Bill Haney said: “To see Devin realize his dream is unquestionable, but to do it in a relatively short time at the age of 23 Against TV Hub.
“Now, go back to the pond to protect it. Only a very few, if any, have done this. He knows exactly who he is and exactly what he is here for. Once you have your purpose, then you have a plan.
“It’s age; That’s the moment, you know what I mean? It’s summer, and everything is flashing. He’s healthy,” Bill said when asked about Haney finding explosives on his gloves. “We were doing some things in the camp that we wanted to do differently.
“When you talk about the first war, even the world, including you and everyone else, didn’t expect that Kambosos and him would fight the way he did. We don’t know what George Kambosos will bring.
“We knew he was a desperate man, a hungry man, a man with nothing to lose. Similar to when he fought Teofimo Lopez. You have to get all the tools ready, show everything to the best of your ability, and then let Devin make the adjustments on October 16 for whatever George has to offer.
“The goal is to win,” Bill Haney said when asked if Devin’s goal was to take out the Kambosos. “He’s at number 29. He’s young; he 23. We always say that winning is what you want to do most.
“You don’t have to dictate what George will do. You must make adjustments. So you go in there, and you do it. You don’t go in there and necessarily look for the knockout. You let it come is how I learned the game.
“You don’t want to say harder because for one thing, when they make it harder for you, you get smarter. I know we will adjust accordingly. I don’t think there’s anything he can do that Devin hasn’t seen before.
“It was simply going to the arena and doing the executions and performing and entertaining and having fun. We know that George is very good for his good sayings and quotes. They are almost movie related.
“This guy we know as George seems more like a Rocky movie. He walked in with a chip on his shoulder; he talks less. It’s just being prepared and ready to make adjustments to him and now underestimate whatever he brings.
“When you prepare mentally, the opponent will do something to adjust the fighter. That’s what we love about the sport we’re in.
“You have to tune in on October 16 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, to watch. You will see growth and development from Devin. You will see the growth from Devin.
“You have the opportunity to see right here something that we wanted to showcase that night. We are looking forward to it. God willing, both boxers have weights.
“It was not the easiest thing for Devin. We’re not ha-ha, hee-hee about George gaining weight. You have two true fighters who are 135 pounds, if not 135 pounds are moving up.
“Sure. For Vasyl and the world finding respect in Devin is great for Lomachenko, it means everything in the world for us, comes from what we export. broadcast to be present right here.
“We forced us to look at George Kambosos as a professional, as a coach and as a fighter to never take the game for granted, and to look past George Kambosos towards a boxer as talented as Vasyl Lomachenko.
“It’s totally possible to go into the big fights, whether it’s there at 135 or where Devin will be at 140,” Bill said when asked if Haney’s plan was to take on Lomachenko if he beat Kambosos on May 16. ten.
“We’ve seen Ryan Garcia’s, Teofimo Lopez’s, Tank Davis’s all fight at 140 pounds. That is what we aspire to do. Good time to do business Devin Haney.
“Things have gone well where we found success and hopefully that will continue to happen. This is a crazy, crazy, boxing business.
“Will we ever see Devin in the ring with some of those fighters?” Bill said when asked if Ryan Garcia and Gervonta ‘The Tank’ Davis would ever fight Haney. “I’ll tell you one thing, if they don’t play Devin and they lose, you’ll see us play the winner.
“So it will be them or someone beating them because all we want to do is get into the big battles. We saw this with Teofimo Lopez.
“You saw with Vasyl Lomachenko. We want to fight Lomachenko, and he wants to play Teo. He lost to Teo. We wanted to fight Teo, and Teo lost to Kambosos. Kambosos said he wanted to fight Vasyl, but ended up having to fight us. So you see how things work,” said Bill.
