Liam Paro is reportedly negotiating to defend his newly won IBF light welterweight title against former unified lightweight Champion’ George Kambosos Jr. in November in Australia.
Kambosos Gets Another Chance
Kambosos Jr. (21-3, 10 KOs) would be moving up from 135 to get the world title opportunity against the unbeaten Paro (25-0, 15 KOs) in a fight that would generate much interest from Aussie fans. Paro-Kambosos would be a business-level fight and not sports-related.
For non-Australian fans, it’s a bad look for Paro to defend his IBF 140-lb title against 31-year-old Kambosos, who is coming off an 11th-round knockout loss to Vasily Lomachenko this year on May 12th in Perth, Australia.
‘The Emperor’ Kambosos has lost three out of his last four fights since pulling off a massive twelve-round split decision upset of IBF, WBA & WBO lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez on November 27, 2021, at Madison Square Garden in New York.
That was the one-hit wonder Kambosos’ 15 minutes of fame, and his career has quickly fizzled out, but not before he’s cashed in on the Teofimo victory, banking millions from that fight with lucrative bouts against Devin Haney x 2, Maxi Hughes and Lomachenko.
Now set for life with millions stowed away in the bank, Kambosos is still in demand, being given an undeserving world title shot against IBF 140-lb champion Liam Paro in November in a fight that will likely be shown on PPV in Australia.
Kambosos’ only win in the last three years was a questionable twelve-round majority decision victory over Maxi Hughes the previous year on July 22, 2023, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Many boxing fans felt Hughes was robbed of a win in that fight, given that he outboxed Kambosos, schooling him from A to B for 12 one-sided rounds.
Big Fights on The Horizon for Paro
Paro’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, is eager to make fights with Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, and Shakur Stevenson for him. However, the Kambosos Jr. match-up is the first on the plate, and it’s a natural one to make, even if it doesn’t make sense to the rest of the world.
Paro, 28, dethroned IBF 140-lb champion Subriel Matias on June 15th, beating him by a twelve-round unanimous decision in Manati, Puerto Rico. Matias made no adjustments to deal with the ‘punch & grab” style that Paro used all night.
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