Former undisputed lightweight king George Kambosos Jr. and Maxi Hughes spoke about their clash Saturday night in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
George Kambosos: “We won the fight by many rounds. That’s no discredit to Maxi Hughes. He had a couple good rounds. But a couple good rounds don’t win you the fight. We won a majority of the rounds. That’s the reason we chose him. He was a hard test. A lot of guys coming off losses wouldn’t want to take a test like him. This was a hard challenge,. I need to get grittier. He was moving a lot and wasn’t engaging a lot, but that’s the way he fights. We knew he was going to be a tough challenge, but styles make fights. I’ve got to be more gritty with these guys.”
Maxi Hughes: “I’m absolutely devastated. Nobody thought I was supposed to be in George’s league. Tonight, I came and I showed that I should have had my hand raised. I don’t want to take George’s moment. I used my footwork. I made him miss and pay. I landed the cleaner shots. I don’t want to sound like a sore loser, and I will watch it and assess it, but everyone here now knows who Maxi Hughes is.”
Sorry to say but George but you were a one time wonder you had your moment of glory with Teo Lopez it was great but short lived
You’re not the same fighter no urgency in this fight you should have blown away Maxi Hughes but all credit to him for putting up a game fight in which I had him beating you. Sorry mate
Agree. George clearly fluked it against Lopez, who looked a completely different fighter against Taylor. Kambosos was exposed by Haney. No real punching power to speak of so it is hard to see where he goes from here. The Lightweight division, as usual is stacked. I would honestly pick Keyshawn Davis over Kambosos
I do not know what is worse. Kambosos’s grammar, or the verdict in this fight. Maxi was robbed. Kambosos is now driving his career in reverse.
Saying Maxi was robbed is an understatement. Just another example why the sport of boxing has gone down hill.
Yes, boxing is on a downhill slide, at least in the US due to bias judging but also a general lack of interest… on Friday, July 21, there was only ONE (1) boxing card in the entire United States.
No, young man, you lost just the way Hughes described it. He landed the cleaner punches and controlled the fight. Next stop, kamboso losing to whoever he fights next.
kamboso did what he needed to do, I had it a draw but i cant see him winning another title let alone a fight with a top 5 contender.
Which fight were you watching?
Also had it 114-114. Terrible fight but Hughes didn’t land much in several of the rounds. Looked better but not particularly effective. Several rounds difficult to score but 115-113 either way would have been reasonable. 117-111 obviously filled out before the fight started.
We no you don’t fight, you dumb as hell too & blind as fuk!
Your first time watching boxing i take it. Every pro fighter and fan has said maxi won apart from you and George….. tells you everything you need to know.
Kambosos is totally delusional if he seriously thinks he won this fight. Had it 9-3 rounds for Hughes, The judges had to be bought off or horribly incompetent especially the judge that gave it to Kambosos 9-3. This kind of robbery is why many folk have a major problem with our sport.
Oh, now you guys see the Delusional side of Kam that I was talking about the first time I watched him. At least you guys are catching on..
Another disgraceful decision that is hurting the sport and making fans turn to the UFC. The judge who scored it 117-111 for Kambosos had to have been on promoters payroll. Hughes was robbed of what should have been his biggest moment in his boxing career .
Agree, the judging is suspect in our sport, I disagree with alot of fans are moving to UFC. UFC isn’t as popular as it once was. Does boxing have it’s problems…yes, however, look at the cards we have had and the cards coming up. Boxing is just as exciting as it has been….just my opinion
Highway robbery maxi Hughes clearly won the fight.
Is that decision sucked
Terrible decision. Basically it was a follow the money decision.
the headline won the fight should read kambossa loses by many rounds maxie was a clear winner in this fight and deserves a rematch
Would you really want to see that again?
This fraudulent decision by 3 corrupt judges should be immediately overturned.
Eugene, I thought Maxi deserved the nod, but to call it a robbery like many are saying is extreme. Pure boxers have to truly dominate to win over the judges, because they’re often moving away. A lot if times the fighter pressing the action will get the benefit of the doubt. I believe that’s all that happened here, because while 9 to 3 seems way off, none of the judges actually gave Maxi the win.
As for deserving a rematch…he does, but let’s be honest…do we really want to see it. The fight was terrible!
George’s first 5 fights were against guys w/ terrible records (25-79-10, combined records). Take George’s first 5 away, and he is more like 15-2 (7 KOs) going into this Hughes fight. Kambosos did not beat Lee Selby or Hughes. His record should be more like 14-2-2 now.
All George did is paw w/ jabs and occasionally come behind with rights. He needed to get closer and do something more than single right hands behind tons of pawing jabs.
Maybe George did more the last 4 rounds. Should be able to warm up after 3 rounds, not after 8 rounds.
But Top Rank should let George have his little fight w/ the Argentine #1 IBF contender, Lemos. George will lose that fight for the vacant IBF belt.
Tank would crush Kambosos.
Big deal. Devin Haney’s first five opponents went 21-58-1. Gervanta’s first five went 5-12. The first few bouts are to get the amateur used to the pro game. Nothing to see here.
Moving a lot, but not running. Tim Bradley said past the halfway point, his back never touched the ropes. Hughes was not running away from Kambosos. Kambosos had no good idea how to fight him for the first half of the fight. I only watched 7 rounds and said they would give Kambosos the decision, though he was doing nothing to take the IBO title away from someone on neutral territory. George has no more power than Hughes. Plus, Haney thinks he is pound for pound by beating Kambosos twice? Or because he barely edged Loma. The Loma fight is a fight Haney should do twice, no need for him to have fought Kambosos twice. Kambosos already made his $ in boxing and couldn’t really beat Hughes, except with overly generous judges.
Maxi bring a great fight. We see You win .Congratulations.
George they gave you the victory, but you didn’t win buddy. I think you’re the one Lomanchenko should fight next. It wouldn’t go to the judges he would definitely KO you.
Yup.KO.
I’ve been watching boxing for about 70 years or so, and during that time have seen quite a few bad/ridiculous verdicts rendered. This one wasn’t the worst, but probably in the top ten. I thought with the fight being in Oklahoma, we might get an honest decision, but wait, not so fast…..they embarrassed boxing again, big time.
It’s getting to where I’m thinking about not watching anymore, you’re just gonna get pissed off unless “the other guy” gets robbed instead of “your guy”.
Boxing is probably the most corrupt sport out there. And ranks up there with the most corrupt entity out there.
I’ve followed the sport for over 40 years and it gets increasingly difficult to get excited about where boxing is going. The sanctioning bodies MUST GO for boxing to have a better future.
George Sham-bosis says he comes for the KO but instead tries to be a slick boxer — which he is terrible at. George Kam-stasis has not improved in 4 fights. Therefore, George Kam-boring is tiring to watch.
Kambosos is a C grade fighter. Both guys fought at that level. Neither deserves much consideration moving forward.
Best comment so far: boring C level fight with neither guy willing to take any chances.
George on that B.S. you got beat! Thank you DraftKings but I should have lost money on this one, Thanks grandpa Bob
Just keeps getting worse, perhaps they need to introduce rookie judges, old school judges have been compromises, reflects over and over.
You lost Georgie and were given a undeserved gift
Watched the fight, I had it a draw.
Kambosos needs to get rid of his trainer and add something to his game plan,,too predictable and will get hammered by the elite boxer as Haney showed. Hughes had the right approach and nearly reaped the rewards. In my view there should be a rematch
This disgusting decision by 3 corrupt judges is probably the worst I’ve seen in the sport of boxing. Astonishing to say the least.
The only thought I had watching this fight was how in the hell did he beat Lopez. not only did he lose, but he sucked doing so, he says he wants lomo, lol.
Brian, Lopez came in thinking he would steam toll Kambosis and absolutely presented himself to be hit all night. All Kambosis needed to do was duck a few wild punches each round and pepper back to win. He truly deserved that decision. This fight with Hughes is pretty debatable. Neither guy landed much, so I could see the guy pressing the action getting the benefit of the doubt, so I’m not outraged by this decision even though I thought Hughes edged him in about 6 of the rounds and clearly won 2 of them.
I like Kambosos and I was really happy when he beat that delusional clown Teo Lopez. However to claim he won the Hughes fight by “many rounds” shows how delusional he himself is. That scorecard of 117-111 for Kambosos was a pathetic card that was absolutely filled out BEFORE the fight even began and for George to claim he won by that many rounds shows not only how corrupt that judges scorecard was but just how delusional George is.
He should have just been thankful for the bogus gift he received and kept his foolish comments to himself.
Mr. Kambossas is a classic overachiever. The Teo fight was a one off. Only thing I take from this fight is how soft and over rated Devin Haney is. He should have just beat the brakes off him 2x and he didn’t. He is not even in the top 10 in his division, that Kambossas. He should fight Tank, hahaha. Not…
George isn’t looking great vs boxers. He is milking the one good win as much as possible carrying that IBO strap around like a wanna be WBC.
I hope Maxi Hughes gets better opportunity but more importantly echoing most people I hope that they fix these perpetual judging issues…
You are dumb as shit if you think kambozo won that rigged fight
You can make a case that Kambosos has lost 5 straight fights. He is probably the most overrated active boxer today.
Kam controlled centre of the ring Hughes is a pitter patter puncher – it’s prize fighting Kam wanted to stand and bang and Hughes moved – I’ve seen these decisions go against a million times. The aggressor won. Never want to see Hughes fight again – would like to see. Kam in a war with someone / he prob gets knocked out but he wants to fight. Maxi could pick up a gold in the Olympics if they let him in. Different games. Kam talks too much garbage but people seem to be into that trash. He plays the villain or the clown – same difference.