By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
Unified WBA, WBO, IBF, and WBC franchise lightweight champion George Kambosos should soon make a decision on who he will clash with and what venue in Australia in 2022.
“I don’t have a preference on which I want to fight, I would fight them both (Lomanchenko and Haney) on the same night if I had to,” Kambosos told AAP. “It’s about who comes in with the better offer. The ball is in their court to step up to the table and show how much they want this fight. I’ve got all the belts and all the jewels so they have got to travel here.
Kambosos named Marvel Stadium (Melbourne), Rod Laver Stadium (Melbourne), ANZ Stadium (Sydney) and the SCG (Sydney Cricket Ground) as possible venues.
It wont be at any big stadium as I’ve heard that they don’t have the money for it as they were relying on sponsorship dollars to pay for that and they hit a brick wall.
The smaller Rod Laver Stadium makes sense.
How is anyone going to travel to Australia when it’s basically a prison right now. It’s a real shame. No one can attent the fight.
The fight will have to be made here, England, Dubai or here.
Either way, Kambosos is in the driver’s seat.
Would really like to see Kambosos vs Lomanchenko. Should be a good fight.
Would be interesting. George seems like he be significantly bigger rehydrated than Loma at fight time. Loma had problems with Teofimo’s size.
Same here. But then again, call me crazy BUT i think he wld have a much easier time with Haney than Loma. Idk. My thoughts are IF he fights Haney and Haney wins, he will cut and run up to the 140lb division vacating them all without giving loma a shot. Idk. Jus a suspicion.
You know he was loma mandatory and loma requested the franchise belt so he wouldn’t have to fight haney so if he did win i know he would be more than happy to step in the ring with loma
Haney and Loma have both made it Crystal clear that they will fight in Australia.
DAZN wants to grow it’s base there and maybe that is an angle to get more money over the course of a three fight deal for George.
George has all the belts, but needs one of the opponents to bring the cash.
I’d prefer to see him fight Haney because I prefer to watch fights on DAZN over ESPN+ PPV.
LOMACHENKO VS KAMBOSOS
I haven’t heard anyone else’s name even in the conversation. So if he fights Loma or Haney, I’m just fine with that and they can fight on Jupiter if they want.
@Lucie:
– If they fight on Jupiter, I have the following questions:
1). What are the depart / return times for the Shuttle flights?
2). Do I need to be vaxxed to attend the fights?
3). What are we doing for oxygen??
4). Food on Jupiter?
5). Staying over or taking the 1st Shuttle home?
– Take care
– Gary G.
🙂
1). They’ll be using the ole’ teleport, so departing and returning will be instant.
2). You will either need to be vaxxed or have a negative test in the last 12 hours.
3). BYOO
4). BYOB
5). You can stay as long as you want…. don’t know what else you’d get into, but you’re free to stay.
Never change Gary. Easily one of my fave people on here.
Thanx, Lucie !!
Lucy and Gary! OMG.. u guys have me rolling. Love it!!! This made my day!
Gravity is much higher on Jupiter. Might be for the undisputed heavyweight championship.
How nice it is Lomanchenko gets to cut to the front of the line every time. Lomo barely fight anymore and didnt fight the best challenges when he was on top.
Haney consistently calls out the best fighters and ask for the toughest fights. Got vaccinated and agreed to go to Australia.
While, Lomo gets rewarded when he ask for the franchise titles to avoid toughest challenges.
First Lomo then Teo. And now Kambo getting uneasy when its time to fight Haney.
Kambo was just up Teo’s a$$.
A total diff energy with Haney.
What happened to the Teo-Loma rematch all you guys seemed to want before?
@NJ Boxing, please proof read and spell-check before your post…Loma goes to the front of the line because he sells more tickets, it’s that simple. Boxing is a business…unfortunately.
Teo isn’t going to fight at 135 any more. Loma isn’t going up to 140, I imagine. Hence, no rematch.
Do you even watch boxing, who’s Haney fought?
Tank Davis is Man
HE’S RUNNING FROM HANEY… PERIOD… I WATCH ALL THE POD CAST AND HE BRINGS LOMANCHENKO IN THE PICTURE WHO HASN’T FOUGHT ANYBODY IN QUITE AWHILE… IT AIN’T ABOUT THE MONEY!!! IT’S ABOUT THE EASIER FIGHT IN HIS MIND… WHO’S HE TRYING TO BULLSHIT… KAMBOSOS CLEAR UP THE LIGHTWEIGHT PICTURE YA SISSY!!!!!
Why the caps? There is no need to be loud, no one can hear you..IT IS ABOUT THE MONEY!
haney is overrated, his slow as a turtle,
In terms of business, it makes sense to work on Kambosos vs. Loma because the public support for both fighters is strong. Haney has to realize that he does not have strong public support (for a variety of reasons).
Haney may have to stay in the gym or take a “stay busy” fight, while waiting for the winner of Kambosos/Loma.
I personally want to see Kambosos/Haney first, and Loma can fight the winner.
Haney deserves the fight, but he won’t get it because Loma is who the public in that penal colony want to see and because of that it may bring in more money as that is what boxing has become, about the money. As NJ Boxing referenced; what happened to the Loma/Teo rematch everyone was clamoring for? Loma should not be able to jump the line, but due to politics, it looks like he will. Ideally it should be Kambosos/Haney first then Loma fights the winner. Since Loma is so small for lightweight as some of you claim, he should drop down to 130 and fight Shakur Stevenson, if he dares.
He will fight Haney.Its the easier fight
kambosos is losing to anyone he faces next
The borders are open again.1st time in 2 yrs.The big stadiums are booked for the footy.It will be Rod Laver Arena or a convention centre.They won’t let a herd of ppl on the grass.
I’m thinking Kambosos and Lou Dibella have a plan set up a big money fight with Kingry Garcia late summer this year,so there’s no way they gonna risk Haney or Loma beating Kambosos before he fights Garcia,too much money,idk who Kambosos gonna fight in Australia next,but very doubtful its Haney or Loma..Oscar is a genius when making superstars
There’s so many good matchups at lightweight now. If everyone changed their attitude towards a loss meaning you’re finished, they could all fight each other and there’s so many good fights that could happen. Who cares if teo beats loma; kambosos beats teo, but loma might beat kambosos. Tank then beats loma, but loses to kambosos, then teo beats kambosos in the rematch. Then throw Haney, Garcia ,and who’s that dude tank just beat but didn’t look that convincing in winning ( I thought the other dude pressed the fight) These guys could all fight each other for the next 5 years, regardless of who wins, they’d all be good fights, and we’d all want to see them. Anyway, won’t happen but it would be nice. Losses don’t mean anything: it’s how you fight on the night. No one remembers buster Douglas cause he lost!
Avoid naming or talking about your potential fights. Leave it to your manager like the great(est !) Manny Pacquiao….otherwise if you talk too much about them you could end up to be like talker Teofimo Lopez, a one-night sensation after beating Loma…then fades away after you beat him.