Kambosos Jr sets sights on WBC champ Haney after shock Lopez win

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George Kambosos Jr is targeting a unification fight with World Boxing Council lightweight champion Devin Haney after the Australian's shock win over Teofimo Lopez in New York on Saturday.

Kambosos was a 6-1 underdog going into the contest but stunned the previously undefeated Lopez via split decision after a fight that saw both men hit the canvas.

The win saw the 28-year-old Sydney boxer claim the World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Organization and The Ring titles at Madison Square Garden."He's a very big name, he does have that one piece, the WBC belt."Obviously I'm the top dog now, I'm the one who is being hunted now, I'm not the hunter anymore.

"I just cleaned up everything, so you can expect a way better Kambosos in my next fight in early 2022." Having fought overseas in each of his last seven contests, Kambosos is keen to make his first defence in front of an Australian crowd."All those belts, 80,000 people, in Sydney or Melbourne. That's the next step now.

 

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