Vasiliy Lomachenko, one of many greats of recent boxing, will struggle George Kambosos for the vacant IBF light-weight world title on Could 12, reside on Sky Sports activities.
He’ll journey to Perth to tackle Australia’s Kambosos because the legendary Ukrainian appears to be like to recapture a title belt towards a former champion.
Lomachenko is a two-time Olympic gold medallist who gained his first world championship in simply his third skilled struggle.
He went on to develop into a three-weight world champion, unifying titles at light-weight.
Lomachenko misplaced his belts when he suffered a shock defeat to an impressed Teofimo Lopez. However 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 light-weight title, solely shedding on a contentious factors determination.
Haney has now moved as much as super-lightweight, leaving the IBF 135lb title vacant.
Kambosos may 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 struggle 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 determination final 12 months.
Sky Sports activities will broadcast the Lomachenko-Kambosos struggle reside within the early hours of the morning on Sunday Could 12.
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