Vasiliy Lomachenko, one of many greats of recent boxing, will fight George Kambosos for the vacant IBF lightweight world title on May 12, live on Sky Sports.
He will journey to Perth to take on Australia’s Kambosos because the legendary Ukrainian seems to recapture a title belt in opposition to a former champion.
Lomachenko is a two-time Olympic gold medallist who gained his first world championship in simply his third skilled fight.
Devin Haney gained a decent unanimous resolution over Vasiliy Lomachenko after a extremely aggressive fight in Las Vegas
He went on to change into a three-weight world champion, unifying titles at lightweight.
Lomachenko misplaced his belts when he suffered a shock defeat to an impressed Teofimo Lopez. But after that, he racked up spectacular wins over Richard Commey and Jamaine Ortiz.
In one of many highest calibre fights of 2023, he fought Devin Haney for the undisputed lightweight title, solely shedding on a contentious factors resolution.
Haney has now moved as much as super-lightweight, leaving the IBF 135lb title vacant.
Vasiliy Lomachenko couldn’t maintain in his feelings after shedding a painful resolution in opposition to Devin Haney for all of the lightweight world titles
Kambosos will have the house crowd on his facet when he faces Lomachenko for the belt and is assured to be a decided opponent.
He turned a three-belt holder when he shocked Teofimo Lopez in 2021 and the Australian has loads of expertise in top-level contests.
Devin Haney is the one man to defeat him. Haney overcame Kambosos in a 2022 undisputed title fight after which repeated a victory over him in a subsequent rematch.
Kambosos did come again from that with a win, beating Maxi Hughes by majority resolution final yr.
Sky Sports will broadcast the Lomachenko-Kambosos fight live within the early hours of the morning on Sunday May 12.
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