George Kambosos Jr vs Vasiliy Lomachenko set to battle in Melbourne on June 5

George Kambosos Jr’s debut title defense as undisputed-ish lightweight champion will come somewhat later than expected. Mike Coppinger reports that the session will happen on June 5th at Melbourne, Australia’s Marvel Stadium.

Australian lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr is set for his first title defence down under his undisputed lightweight title on Australian soil in June, with reports today that the undefeated Australian will battle in Melbourne mid-year.

Coppinger names Vasiliy Lomachenko and Devin Haney as expected enemies, yet noticed that Lomachenko is “the clear front-runner.” Considering what we’ve heard such a long way regarding the matter, that is to be expected.

George Kambosos Jr is probably going to confront either Vasiliy Lomachenko or Devin Haney on June 5 at Marvel Stadium – a Sunday afternoon battle card to accommodate TV audiences in America.

The story was first revealed by ESPN earlier this morning, including the detail that an AFL game that was set to be held that day at Marvel would be moved.

George Kambosos Jr dazed the boxing world by finishing Teofimo Lopez’s unbeaten run with a split decision success in New York in November.

Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KO) is the more engaging of the two as far as expected activity. He’s looked savage since falling to Teofimo Lopez in 2020, battering Masayoshi Nakatani and Richard Commey in one-sided efforts. Haney (27-0, 15 KO), in the interim, has gone the distance four consecutive times and for the most part, was disappointed all the while.

Battling Haney would permit Kambosos (20-0, 10 KO) to conceivably remove the asterisk off of his status.

Recently, George Kambosos’ promoter Lou DiBella let The Sydney Morning Herald know that there was no chance the champion’s next battle would be overseas.

“I can tell you now, unequivocally, that George’s first defence will be in Australia. You can take that to the bank. We want to make the biggest splash we can and that is on the instructions of the fighter,” he said.

“When I met George, there was no television behind him, he fought for small purses, he travelled the world, he paid his dues. Now it’s time for him to reap the rewards.”

Those remarks go against what one of his potential rivals hopes to work out.

Albeit the Australian is presently the WBO, WBA, and IBF lightweight champion, he has been in converses with battle the likewise undefeated Haney to become the undisputed champion of their division.

“Let’s stop creating the narrative that it only can happen in Australia. Let’s open it up and let’s open up talks that it can happen anywhere in the world. It’s whoever brings the most money. Don’t you think so?” Haney’s father and manager, Bill, said.

The Ukrainian has purportedly agreed to a deal for the session that would likewise incorporate a rematch provision for a “lucrative return bout” in Australia, should Kambosos lose.

Lomachenko is falling off successive successes over Masayoshi Nakatani and Richard Commey after he lost to Teofimo Lopez, the man that Kambosos beat to win the lightweight belts, in October 2020.

Devin Haney is another name that is in dispute for the battle.

The hometown hero is yet to consent to an arrangement for the battle as indicated by Coppinger, but a new tweet from the winner proposes an authority declaration isn’t excessively far away.

Marvel Stadium was set to host an AFL game at the end of the week, however “with the help of the Melbourne government, arena authorities, and association authorities,” the match has been moved to the Friday.

George Kambosos Jr got the lightweight belts after prevailing upon a renowned split-choice Lopez in November in what were perhaps the greatest upsets in the sport’s recent history.