Kambosos will attend the match between Haney vs. Diaz AND Gervonta vs. Cruz this weekend Boxing News 24
Via Kenneth Friedman: Promoter Lou DiBella has revealed that George Kambosos Jr. will attend the match between Devin Haney vs. Joseph ‘Jojo’ Diaz Jr. and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs. Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz this weekend.
In theory, the move was made so that undisputed lightweight champion Kambosos (20-0, 10 KOs) finds his next opponent in early 2022 in Australia for a field bout. giant movement.
However, it is possible that the real reason for Kambosos to attend those fights is to attract attention from boxing fans around the world, especially in the US to increase his star power. .
DiBella said he’s still looking at options for Kambosos’ next fight, and he says there are plenty of other fighters under consideration besides the four fighters who will be competing this weekend. Kambosos’ next opponent could even come from the 130-lb division, DiBella said.
Kambosos has found himself in an enviable position to pick and pick whoever he wants from the featherweight and lightweight super-heavyweight divisions after defeating 135-lb champion Teofimo Lopez last Saturday night.
“There’s a lot of 130s that would die for a chance to fight for those belts against Kambosos,” promoter Lou DiBella told ThaBoxingVoice of how George will likely defend first, said promoter Lou DiBella for ThaBoxingVoice. the next featherweight super class.
“Come on, Gervonta Davis is one of the best boxers in the world and he hasn’t fought someone from his weight class in ten years,” DiBella said in response to grief over what Kambosos might face. face a 130-pounder next instead of 135-pounder.
“I don’t see anything coming out,” DiBella said of Kambosos being forced to defend against a required next event. “I don’t think there is anything in sight that will force George to do anything next.
“Eddie [Hearn] pretending to be the promoter of the child,“DiBella said.
“George is in an enviable position right now. For a while, he was MAN,” Lou said.
It would be a huge disappointment for Team Kambosos if one of the sanctioning authorities ordered him to take a mandatory defensive measure for his next fight.
With that said, DiBella said the World Boxing Council won’t be one of them as Kambosos holds the franchise belt with them.
Therefore, the WBC could not order Kambosos to play the next No. 1 candidate Vasily Lomachenko. WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney will be the baffled when faced with a mandatory condition with the organization.
But as DiBella points out, even if the WBC did order Kambosos to defend against Lomachenko, he wouldn’t need to do it for another year.
“We’ll let the other lightweights fight over the next few weeks and see who’s impressed the most,” Kambosos told ESPN. “I clearly made a big statement. I want to see these people give a good speech. ”
