George Kambosos Jr. will fight Vasily Lomachenko for the vacant IBF 135-lb title tonight at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. This is it for both of these highly ranked lightweights, who will fight live on ESPN and ESPN+ in a 12-rounder.
Main Event & Undercard Times
Event starts at 8 p.m. ET/ 1 am UK time on ESPN & ESPN+.
Kambosos vs. Vasily Lomachenko Ringwalk is at approximately 12:00 a.m. ET.
B247 will give live updates below of the fight action tonight.
Undercard
– Nina Hughes vs. Cherneka Johnson
– Andrew Moloney vs. Pedro Guevara
Despite a year layoff, Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs) is confident of victory. At Friday’s weigh-in, Lomachenko arrived late and seemed relaxed as he hit the scales. The contrast between him and the nervous-looking Kambosos was interesting.
I saw a lot of fear in the former unified lightweight champion Kambosos’s eyes during the entire weigh-in. When he was interviewed immediately after, his voice was cracking from worry, and it was obvious to me that he knows what he’s up against fighting the two-time Olympic gold medalist Lomachenko.
Kambosos understands that if he loses this fight, his career as a money fighter could be over with. It would be Kambosos’ third defeat in his last four fights, which is journeymen-level stuff.
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