George Kambosos Jr. has had enough of the repeated delays involving his lightweight championship fight with Teofimo Lopez. Legal counsel for the Australian-born fighter sent a letter to the International Boxing Federation asking the organization to find Triller Fight Club in default of its contractual obligations to deliver the fight.
The original plan was for Kambosos and Lopez to fight in June. But after several delays, the Triller Fight Club selected October 4 as the date for the championship fight. The company now wants to move the boxing match to October 16.
Kambosos is receiving counsel on the matter from attorney Greg Smith. The attorney explains Kambosos is ready to fight on Monday despite the birth of a newborn one week ago and the recent death of his grandfather.
George Kambosos and his attorney also complained that Triller Fight Club did not show proof of funds. Instead, Triller put the fighters’ purses in escrow. The third complaint from Kambosos is that Triller failed to live up to its part of the marketing agreement for the fight.
Triller earned the right to the fight in February by committing to more than $6 million at a purse bid. The next highest bidders were Eddie Hearn and Bob Arum at $3.5 million and $2.3 million, respectively.
Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing possess the rights to the fight if the IBF finds Triller in default. Hearn says he would host the boxing match on DAZN before the end of the year.
Triller co-founder Matt Kavanaugh is pushing back against Kambosos’ claims and says the fighter is attempting to extort the promotional company. Kavanaugh says Kambosos demanded $380,000 to have the date moved to October 16. “This is a sad day for boxing,” Kavanaugh explains. “We are paying him nearly ten times his next payday.”