George Kambosos Jr. says he loves action when in the ring. He also says fans who tune in to watch him challenge world lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez Jr. can expect action for as long as the fight lasts between the two men.
Kambosos says he was not as impressed as many people with the victory Lopez scored against the once pound-for-pound king, Vasiliy Lomanchenko. Kambosos believes injury and the wrong fight strategy by Lomanchenko were the main reasons Lopez did not suffer a knockout in the fight.
“We all heard about the injury,” George Kambosos explains before saying that Lomanchenko hardly threw punches for the first sixth rounds of his fight with Lopez. Kambosos says the fighter who fans dubbed “The Matrix” barely resembled himself throughout most of the boxing match.
“But we all saw what happened when he started throwing punches,” Kambosos recounted before explaining he thought Lomanchenko would stop Lopez once the former champion grew more active in the fight.
George Kambosos Jr. also points to the long layoff Lomanchenko endured before his fight with Lopez. Kambosos explains that 400 days away from the ring would make any fighter lose a bit of sharpness. Kambosos concludes that Lopez was lucky to face “half” a Lomanchenko and will not enjoy similar good fortune when George Kambosos Jr. versus Teofimo Lopez Jr. kicks off on June 19.
The war of words between the two men leading up to the fight has not always been friendly. Kambosos recently called Teofimo a fraud with a fake persona. The Australian points to Teofimo’s claim as a Brooklyn, New York native as one bit of evidence proving the lightweight champ to be a fraud.
“I’m more Brooklyn than he is,” George Kambosos Jr. asserted at a media day scheduled to promote the event. “He is from Davie, Florida.” The challenger explained.
Kambosos is 19-0 with ten knockouts as a professional fighter. The Australian challenger has three more fights than champion Teofimo Lopez, whose record stands at 16-0 with 12 wins by knockout.
Kambosos is an eight to one underdog in the headline fight for a Triller Fight Club event at Miami’s LoanDepot Park. But warns Lopez that odds will not matter when the two men face each other in the ring. Fans can also see the championship fight on pay-per-view television.