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Promoter Eddie Hearn says George Kambosos Jr’s “career is over” if he loses to his substitute opponent Jake Wyllie this Saturday, March twenty second, of their 12-round headliner on DAZN on the Sydney’s Qudos Financial institution Area in Australia.
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After the Goldmine
The previous three-belt light-weight champion Kambosos (21-3, 10 KOs) will problem IBF 140-lb title-holder Richardson Hitchins subsequent if he’s victorious. If Kambosos loses, as Hearn factors out, his profession is actually over.
The ‘Emperor’ most likely gained’t retire as a result of he can nonetheless make good coin preventing in entrance of his Australian followers, however he’s not going to be seen as a related fighter among the many high gentle heavyweight pool of fighters.
Kambosos’ profession is already on life help as it’s, with him mainly going 0-4 since his upset victory over Teofimo Lopez on November 27, 2021. He’s a textbook instance of a one-hit surprise. He transmuted a win over an injured, ring-rusty Teofimo right into a goldmine, making a fortune of hundreds of thousands from that lone victory.
The best way that Hearn’s eyes lit up when speaking about Wyllie’s probabilities of profitable on Saturday, he appears to be like like he believes the 24-year-old will defeat Kambosos. It’s not an incredible factor for Hearn if Kambosos loses this battle as a result of it will foil his plans on making the conflict in opposition to IBF gentle welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs).
This man wants wins over notable fighters, and Kambosos can be a great scalp so as to add to his resume. Hitchins is sort of a higher model of Shakur Stevenson. He can do all of the issues he can however with extra energy and aggressiveness. Hitchins is an upgraded, trendy model of Shakur.
Wyllie’s Alternative
“Yeah, I think there’s a lot of pressure on George this week. If you win, you move forward and fight Richardson Hitchins for the [IBF light welterweight] world title to try and become a two-division champion. If you lose, your career is over. I’m looking forward to it,” stated promoter Eddie Hearn to Jai McAllister Boxing about what George Kambosos Jr. has at stake in his battle in opposition to his substitute opponent Jake Wyllie this Saturday evening in Sydney, Australia.
Kambosos appeared nonchalant about what he was up in opposition to yesterday, dismissing Wyllie as a non-threat, however he may very well be kidding himself. How George has appeared in his final 4 fights means that he may lose on Saturday.
“Great undercard with Skye Nicolson-Tiara Brown, it’s an amazing fight. We received a call on Saturday to say he [Kamboso’s original opponent] has been taken to the hospital. He had some headaches and dizzy spells. He said, ‘We’ll keep you updated,’ and I was like, ‘You can’t go to the hospital a week before the fight. You’re out, mate,’ and the search begins,” stated Hearn.
“It’s very difficult at that point to bring someone over from the UK. It takes really three days to get to Australia with the time difference. When he looked at this date for Kambosos, I actually said to them, ‘You should look at Jake Wyllie. He’s in the same weight class, he’s young, undefeated, and ambitious. There’s a good narrative there with the established guy against the young fighter,’” stated Hearn.
