The fight between Lomachenko and Kambosos will take place on May 12 in Australia.
On Wednesday, January 31, it became known that the next opponent of the Ukrainian boxer Vasily Lomachenko will be the Australian George Kambosos.
The fight between Lomachenko and Kambosos will take place on May 12 in the Australian city of Perth. The vacant IBF lightweight title will be on the line in this fight.
Despite the fact that the fight will take place in the homeland of Joja Kambosos, bookmaker analysts consider Vasily Lomachenko to be the favorite of this fight.
Analysts estimated the victory of the Ukrainian boxer with a coefficient of 1.18. Bets on the victory of the Australian representative are accepted with odds of 6.00. Draw – 25.00.
It is worth noting that most experts consider Lomachenko to be the favorite in this fight. In particular, former world champion in two weight categories Paul Malignaggi believes that it will be difficult for Kambosos to win even one round against the Ukrainian.
“I think Kambosos will hardly win one round against Lomachenko or even not win a single one. I think he will retire after this fight.
The last fights provided him financially, so there should be no problems. Let’s give him credit for his victory over Theo Lopez, which allowed him to then have profitable fights,” Boxing Scene quotes Malignaggi as saying.
Ukrainian junior middleweight boxer Sergei Bogachuk also prefers Vasily Lomachenko in the confrontation with Kambosos.
“I assume that Lomachenko will win. But they will box at Kambosos’s house. There may be problems with acclimatization. And anything can happen. This is boxing. This is a sport in which you can never give 100% in someone else’s favor. I would “I also bet that Lomachenko would beat him and take him to school. But it could also happen that Kambosos will drag out the fight for 12 rounds. That will prevent Vasily from boxing, he will clinch, he will break the fight. Then, perhaps, they will give him the victory,” Bogachuk said in a commentary to the National Professional Boxing League of Ukraine.
The undefeated world champion in three weight categories, American Shakur Stevenson, also considers the Ukrainian a favorite.
“I think Lomachenko will stop Kambosos. I think Kambosos is not up to the mark. Then it will be my turn. I think I should face Lomachenko,” Stevenson tweeted.
Let us add that Vasily Lomachenko had 20 fights in the professional ring, 17 of which he won and three he lost. George Kambosos’ track record includes 21 victories and 2 defeats in 23 fights.
