Former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. he says he will make his debut at 140 in March and then challenge IBF lightweight champion Richardson Hitchins for his belt in June or July.
Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) called first one shot wonderKambosos Jr. (21-3, 10 KOs), after his 12-round split decision win over IBF 140-lb champion Liam Paro last month on December 7th. George doesn’t deserve a world title unless we lower the bar for what a fighter has to do to earn a crack at a belt.
New Target of “Emperor”.
“Emperor” Cambosos’ attitude is that if Hitchins wants the fight, he’ll welcome it, but says he sees the New Yorker as a “bum” who hasn’t “earned money.” Kambosos made a small fortune for his upset win against an injured and rusty Teofimo Lopez four years ago on November 27, 2021.
George beat Lopez by a 12-round split decision, but has done very little since, going 1-3 over the past four years. Kambosos’ record should be 0-4 in his last four fights because his 12-round majority decision win over Maxi Hughes on July 22, 2023, was highly questionable in the eyes of many fans.
“Yeah, yeah, I keep saying it a million times. He keeps saying, ‘You haven’t signed a contract.’ What contract? You want me. You’re a champion, and you haven’t made any money. You’re a bum. You haven’t done nothing in sports except win your last fight, and win a world title,” said George Kambosos Jr. Fighthypetalking about IBF light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins.
“This means nothing to me. I’m coming for you. I want to take your head off, and you want to make some money? Cool, come make some money and I’ll take that belt off you. A lot of people call me. I knew he had to jump to him. I’m under his skin. I’m under his skin. I like to get under his skin.
“I’m going to make this debut at 140 in March. It’s not ready until June or July, and we’re here. Right after March, we can do it next month. We can do it the next day, no problem. I’m coming for this guy,” said Kambosos about wanting to fight Richardson Hitchins.
Kambosos is getting ahead of himself. He still needs to win his debut at 140 in March before he has a chance to challenge Hitchins for his IBF title in June or July. If Kambosos’ promoter Eddie Hearn deals him against a half-decent opponent by March, he’ll lose for sure. That would leave George’s dismal record at 1-4 in his last five fights. The thing is, it’s not like he’s a fighter. It was never good in the first place.
“It’s not a secret. Me and Paro, we’re going to have that big, big fight. I was going to do my business in March and then have that big stadium fight. They are such a big name in the boxing world that Hitchins called me the next day,” Kambosos said.
It must have been disappointing for Kambosos to see Liam Paro beaten by Hitchins by a 12-round split decision in their December 7 fight in San Juan, Puerto Rico. All that money that Kambosos would have had against former IBF 140-lb champion Paro went into the ring with his loss to Hitchins, and hasn’t come back.
“I’ll take her head”
“I’m just zoned to improve every day. I feel good at this weight and put on a great show in March. I’m going to take this guy’s head, and then we go straight to Hitchins. He says some things here and there. That worries me about you? You’re not a tenth of Devin Haney. You’re not a tenth of Lomachenko,” Kambosos said.
The only fighter of those three that Kambosos Jr. he beat was Teofimo Lopez, caught in a bad night after a long layoff in 2021. George lost twice to Devin Haney and was defeated by Vasily Lomachenko in his last fight on May 12, 2024. . He hasn’t fought since. Kambosos is seen as a fighter, but he was never seen as a good fighter from the start. Therefore, his loss repeatedly shows only his level or lack of it.
