Eddie has signed former unified light-weight champion George Kambosos Jr. (21-3, 10 KOs) to a co-promotional cope with Matchroom Boxing.
It’s unclear what number of fights Hearn has signed the 31-year-old Kambosos Jr. to, but it surely’s seemingly two or three at finest. He needs to match the Aussie Kambosos towards IBF gentle Welterweight champion Liam Paro, who’s victorious in his title protection on December seventh towards Richardson Hitchins.
Paro can also be from Australia, and a struggle between him and Kambosos would herald good PPV numbers in that nation. Nevertheless, it wouldn’t promote within the UK or the U.S., so hopefully, that’s not one thing that performs out.
Kambosos has misplaced three out of his final 4 fights since 2022. In his case, it’s not a shot fighter, removed from it. It’s extra a state of affairs of him dealing with higher fighters, who uncovered him to be a fringe-level fighter.
Kambosos is a traditional instance of a one-hit marvel, a fighter who pulled off an upset over Teofimo Lopez in 2021, and it’s been all downhill since. He was by no means imagined to beat Teofimo, however he caught him coming off an extended layoff, under-motivated, and unprepared for a hungry fighter. If there had been a rematch, Teofimo would in all probability win.
Initially, it was thought that Hearn would feed Kambosos a tomato can for his first struggle with Matchroom after which look to match him towards Teofimo in a rematch or use him for Devin Haney to get the rust out in a trilogy. However with Hearn saying he needs Kambosos towards Liam Paro, that would imply that he signed him to a one or two-fight deal. It wouldn’t make sense for Hearn to signal Kambosos Jr to a three-fight contract as a result of he must shield him to maintain him from dropping repeatedly.
Kambosos was knocked out within the eleventh spherical in his final struggle by Vasily Lomachenko on Could twelfth. Earlier than that, he gained a extremely controversial 12-round majority determination over Maxi Hughes on July twenty second, 2023. Many followers felt Hughes ought to have gained that struggle as a result of he dominated Kambosos.
“The 140lbs division is suffering from massive names and nice potential clashes, and including George to that blend solely raises the degrees – with a possible struggle towards Liam Paro an actual mouth-watering prospect, if Liam can get the win in a fantastic struggle with Richardson on December 7,” mentioned Eddie Hearn.
