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After George Kambosos shocked the boxing world with his November 2021 win over Teofimo Lopez to become unified lightweight champion, it was expected his first title defense would come against multi-division former champion Vasiliy Lomachenko.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine left Lomachenko unable to take the fight and Kambosos would go on to lose his titles to Devin Haney. On Saturday night, Kambosos and Lomachenko will finally meet with the vacant IBF lightweight title on the line.sdsf

Since May of last year, Vasiliy Lomachenko has not stepped into the ring after losing to Devin Haney in a disputed decision for the undisputed lightweight title. In 2023, he had only one fight, and in 2022, he fought against Jaime Arboleda, winning by decision. In 2021, he defeated Masayoshi Nakatani and Richard Commey.This series of three victories came after his second defeat in October 2020 to Teofimo Lopez. Lomachenko is a two-time Olympic champion, former lightweight world champion, and former super featherweight and featherweight champion.

Lomachenko began his professional career after being one of the best amateur boxers of his era, claiming a 396-1 record and twice winning Olympic gold. He would win his first world title in just his third professional fight, defeating Gary Russell Jr. to capture the WBO featherweight title.sdfsd

By his seventh fight, Lomachenko had moved up to junior lightweight to win the WBO title and earned the WBA lightweight title in just his 11th pro bout.

Following his stoppage win over Jorge Linares, Lomachenko defeated WBO champion Jose Pedraza to unify the titles. Two fights later, a win over Luke Campbell added the WBC title to Lomachenko's collection.

For Lomachenko, it's the opportunity to gain a world title for the first since 2020. The 36-year-old is running out of time to add more belts to his resume and this is a good chance to be a champion once more.

Kambosos is a good fighter, and he does have a shot here, but I think the main shot is all on Lomachenko being cooked, injured, or shafted by the judges. But even on that last part, I could see a scenario where Kambosos genuinely does (1) win enough early rounds, partially through Lomachenko’s own habits of “downloading information” in the early going, and then (2) having enough of an argument in enough rounds later on that nicking this one and that one in his direction would hardly be the most heinous thing you’ve ever seen in this “sport.”

If you’re a Kambosos fanatic or part of his team or whatever, this probably all sounds overly harsh. After all, for a fact, he beat Teofimo Lopez, Lomachenko didn’t. It’s just that I have seen several other Kambosos fights. I have a great respect for Kambosos, and his career and journey. This is not a guy who got it all handed to him, or the path laid out and lined with gold, he went out and made it happen. And if he gets on a roll, he’s a fighter who excels when he’s built confidence. sdsfd Lomachenko was elevated to WBC "franchise champion" ahead of his fight with Teofimo Lopez, causing some confusion when the then-IBF champion Lopez defeated him in October 2020. The WBC had said their franchise championship was non-transferrable and Haney had been made WBC world champion, so Lopez was not technically undisputed champion.

Enter Kambosos, who was given his shot at Lopez as the IBF mandatory challenger. Following a bizarre build to the fight, which saw upstart Triller win the purse bid only to delay the contest and eventually default on their obligations, the Aussie managed to get in Lopez's head with his trash talk and antics. Kambosos, who was nearly a +600 underdog entering the fight, scored an early knockdown en route to a deserved split-decision win.

When Kambosos vs. Lomachenko collapsed due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Kambosos used his power as unified champion to force Haney to come to Australia for a fight to crown an official undisputed champion at 135 pounds.sfdgf

Kambosos made his name in boxing with a stunning split-decision victory over Teofimo Lopez back in 2021. At the time, Lopez was looking like the next big thing, ha dthree lightweight world titles and was coming off a win over Lomachenko.

Then came the Australian.

Coming off of back-to-back split decisions he was 19-0, but wasn't expected to unseat Lopez. Instead, he put on the best performance of his career and took three belts at Madison Square Garden.

Unfortunately for him, his reign as champion was short lived. He got his first title defense in Australia and was beaten by unanimous decision by Devin Haney. A rematch against Haney in Melbourne didn't go his way either.

Kambosos understands that a win here would do a lot for his legacy. Loma might be 36 years old but his name still carries a lot of weight.dsfdgf

Haney routed Kambosos in their first meeting before doing the same in the rematch -- also held in Australia per the negotiations for the first fight.dsfdgd

Lomachenko got a shot at becoming undisputed when he was Haney's fist opponent after the Kambosos fights. Haney vs. Lomachenko was a fantastic fight that saw two masterful boxers operating at the top of their craft. Haney got the nod by decision, though many fans felt Lomachenko had done enough to reach his dream of being undisputed champion.

On Saturday, Lomachenko will come to Perth, Australia as Kambosos once again pulls a big fight to his home country. Two men who have spent years in each other's orbit will finally clash with one emerging as world champion once again.

"I've been in this sport for a long time. We are two professionals. We know boxing," Lomachenko said at this week's press conference. "We know strategy. It will be very, very interesting for both. It will be very, very interesting for all fans of boxing. Good luck. Good luck to both."sfdg

Lomachenko vs. Kambosos fight card, odds

Vasiliy Lomachenko -650 vs. George Kambosos +450, vacant IBF lightweight title

Andrew Moloney vs. Pedro Guevara, WBC interim super flyweight title

Nina Hughes (c) vs. Cherneka Johnson, WBA bantamweight championshipfdgh

Viewing information

Date: May 11

Location: RAC Arena -- Perth, Australia

Start time: 10 p.m. ET

How to watch: ESPN, ESPN+fdgh

Prediction

Kambosos deserves all the respect in the world for his scrappy path to a place where he's not only held the unified lightweight title but also has the power to be the hometown fighter against some of the best boxers in the world. He has managed to do all of this without being an elite fighter in any technical aspect of boxing. Kambosos doesn't have great power, nor is he particularly quick, nor is he a tactician. Kambosos is a gritty guy whose self-belief has brought him to heights most boxers never experience.

All that said, self-belief is not enough to beat a master boxer like Lomachenko. The best chance for Kambosos to beat Lomachenko is for 36-year-old Lomachenko's age and the miles on his body to have caught up to him. That, combined with Lomachenko's penchant for slow starts, opens a narrow avenue for Kambosos to pull off yet another upset.

Lomachenko is likely still too good for Kambosos. The last time we saw Lomachenko, he was giving Haney everything he could handle in their fantastic battle. Haney's loss to an overweight (and potentially PED-abusing) Ryan Garcia may have changed the opinion of some on how valuable that Lomachenko performance was, but it was a performance that showed plenty left in Lomachenko's tank.

Lomachenko is not a fighter prone to making mistakes in the way Lopez was, which allowed Kambosos to pull off his career-best win. This appears to be an uphill battle for Kambosos, who will have to take advantage of every small opening Lomachenko gives to try and edge out a win.sfdghg

Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. George Kambosos Jr: Date, start time, TV channel and live stream There is a world title fight in Australia this weekend.Two former lightweight champions have the chance to win a belt at 135lbs once again this Saturday.Both Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos Jr. held the unified titles, but were defeated by Teofimo Lopez Jr. and Devin Haney, respectively.With Haney moving up the weight classes, they now contest the vacant IBF strap.

Lomachenko vs. Kambosos Live

Lomachenko vs. Kambosos fight date, start time

Date: Saturday, May 11

Time: 8pm ET / 1am UK time (Sunday)

Main event ringwalks (approx): 11pm ET / 4am UK time (Sunday)

The main event is due to start with ringwalks at 11pm ET / 4am UK time, with the event start time around 8pm ET / 1am UK time. All timings can be affected by the length of fights on the undercard.

What channel/stream is Lomachenko vs. Kambosos?

U.S.: ESPN+

UK: Sky Sports

ESPN+ will broadcast the fight in the U.S. (click here for more information), Sky Sports has been named the UK broadcaster.

Where is the Lomachenko vs. Kambosos fight?

The fight will take place at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australiafdgfhg

Vasiliy Lomachenko record and bio

Nationality: Ukrainian

Date of birth: February 17, 1988

Height: 5' 7"

Reach: 65.5"

Total fights: 20

Record: 17-3 (11 KOs)

George Kambosos Jr. record and bio

Nationality: Australian

Date of birth: June 14, 1993

Height: 5' 9"

Reach: 68"

Total fights: 23

Record: 21-2 (10 KOs)

Lomachenko vs. Kambosos fight card

Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. George Kambosos Jr., 12 rounds, for vacant IBF lightweight title

Nina Hughes vs. Cherneka Johnson, 10 rounds, for Hughes’ WBA women’s bantamweight titlist

Andrew Moloney vs. Pedro Guevara, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC interim junior bantamweight title

Imam Khataev vs. Ricards Bolotniks, 10 rounds, light heavyweights

Lucas Browne vs. Hemi Ahio, 8 rounds, heavyweights

Joe Goodall vs. Djanago Opelu, 10 rounds, heavyweights