The American inflicted on Kambosos the first loss of his 21-fight career at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium
Australian boxer George Kambosos Jr has relinquished his three world title belts with a unanimous defeat to American Devin Haney in their lightweight blockbuster in Melbourne.
The new undisputed lightweight champion extended his unbeaten record to 28 wins with a pure display of boxing in the biggest fight ever on Australian shores. “I thought the fight was very close,” Kambosos said. “He boxed his game, he moved. He didn’t want to come to fight too much but that’s his game.
Kambosos landed the first big punch of the fight, a heavy right to Haney’s head, in the second as the Australian had his challenger retreating.
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