January 15, 2024
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Loma vs. Kambosos for IBF belt May 12

Lightweights Vasiliy Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs) and George Kambosos (21-2, 10 KOs) will reportedly fight for the vacant IBF world title on May 12 at the 15,000-seat RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. ESPN announced that it will carry the fight, which will air on the night of May 11 in the U.S. It was also announced that the Moloney twins, Jason and Andrew, will appear on the undercard.

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    • This is Boxing pulling strings and giving the right connection for Loma as usual. Neither deserves this shot at the vacant IBF belt. IBF dont have a franchise title to hide behind when the competition gets tough. Why not position Jamaine Ortiz instead of these old heads who avoid the best fights.

  • I think Kambosos will finally get a diploma after this fight, because he was schooled by Devin Haney (2), Maxi Hughes and for sure Vasyl Lomachenko will throughly school him

  • Just glad to see Loma back. We might only have a couple of fights until he retires. He is the true definition of “boxing artistry & boxing science”. He should be pound for pound number one had he stayed in the division fighting people his own size,

    Let’s go, Crawford! I think he will give Canelo a great fight and might even pull it off, That’s what great fighters like Loma and Crawford do.

    • Crawford has too many easier paydays at 147 to take going up to 168 to cash out doesnt make any sense its not like Canelo is a 1 dimensional opponent like weight drained dehydrated Spence besides it offers nothing for Canelo fighting a much smaller man i mean why doesnt Crawford fight Tank or Inoue??? too small thats why hell Crawford needs to fight Ennis before he gets called a duck and then theres weight bully Haney that would be a good fight

      • Boxing history shows that there is one word to answer your questions, “money.” Crawford “easier paydays” were no fault of his own as he couldn’t get the fights he wanted. He’s being held hostage now by this ridiculous rematch clause. You know full well that Tank never accepts the challenges. He’s running from Haney so why would he fight Crawford? An Inoue fight is ridiculous. A Tank vs Inoue fight makes more sense than Crawford vs Inoue. Those fight wouldn’t draw as much as Canelo vs Crawford. He got paydays but not the kind of paydays he would have liked. A Canelo vs Crawford match would be the biggest/ richest fight in boxing. Its a fight Crawford could realistically win as well. He’s that talented. Canelo has trouble with multi-dimensional fighters ala bivol and Floyd Mayweather.

        • boxing history only shows corruption knowing else to say Tank is running is just a dumb comment and the point was simple Crawford doesnt want to fight smaller guys too much too lose and Canelo doesnt need Crawford and the reward is not enough hes too small its simple Bivol was a bigger guy than expected and a a bad game plan and against Floyd he was just a kid i mean come on now and Crawford has been dropped by much smaller opposition and has been bothered by body shots himself so again he will make his money at 147 and 154

          • I obviously have to spell it out for you. You said “boxing history only shows corruption. Did you read my comment before replying. Obviously the drive for corruption is “money.” Tank is running from the challenge. I’m a Tank fan but what excuses does he have for not fighting top guys at 135? No loma fight, no Haney fight, no Stevenson fight and he’s nearly 30 without a marquee matchup. Are you kidding me? You really compare the size difference of a 5’5 (Tank and Inoue) to 5’8 Crawford verses a 5’7 Canelo and 5’8 Crawford. Canelo and Crawford are closer in size. Crawford has the strength and dimensions to give Canelo trouble. Calling Canelo a “kid” is a lame excuses considering Oscar crushed champion Julio Caesar Chavez twice and he was only 21. Is Canelo the first younger fighter to fight an older man. Stop with the excuses Canelo has trouble against high IQ fighters so with their feel. Floyd, Lara and Bivol. Correct me if I’m’ wrong but wasn’t Sergey Kovalev much large than Canelo at 175 and he stopped him, so why is Bivol suddenly too big at 175? I thought you were suppose to be a “historian”.

  • Kambosos Jr is cashing in and u can see from his last fight (which he lost TBH) that he is disinterested in boxing and only cares about the money coming his way. I mean who wouldn’t fight Loma for a few million dollars just to show up.

  • loma wins this one by decision fight is in australia kambossa is the home favorite not in the class with loma

  • Big card for Perth. Not that Perth cares about Kambosos (other side of the country). I’m sure it will raise interest to have Lomachenko come there and fight (and the Maloney brothers).

  • this is a gimme for Loma 12 round shutout Loma will beat him easier than he did Haney except they will not rob him this time

  • For all the hype that Bob Arum originally surrounded Loma with, he sure has basically dropped off the map. I’m not questioning his elite boxing skills, but he’s not really gonna be remembered for very long after all it seems.

  • Ferocious had his day when he surprised Teo, hasn’t looked good since then. Loma is getting older but this type of fight is going to make him old overnight

  • George is probably going to get schooled but I admire his willingness to fight top opposition.

  • Sorry George but Loma IS simply another level . Kambosos has a huge engine but Lomas ‘ ring IQ and array of punches and movement will be simply too much

  • Komboresus doesn’t deserve another title shot and Loma will easily outbox him in a snoozer

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