George Kambos Jr. will look to reinvent himself by moving up to 140 to take on Fringe contender Matthew Germain in February in Australia.
It’s a long-overdue move for the Australian Kambosos as he hasn’t made the cut for the well-stocked lightweight division, and needs to compete in a weight class with more opportunities for a fighter of his talent level. .
Former IBF and WBO lightweight champion Kambossos (21-3, 10 KOs) will have to make drastic changes to save his sinking ship, which may be beyond saving.
Boxing News broke the story of Kambossos taking on the 35-year-old Jermaine, who is ranked #12 with the IBF at light welterweight. Jermaine (25-2-1, 10 KOs) is a Canadian with knockout losses. Yves Ulysse Jr And Uriel Perez.
Jermaine has never beaten a fighter of note to be ranked #12 with the IBF, but that probably doesn’t matter. Combos Jr. uses it to get his feet wet in the 140-lb division.
Matthew Germain’s recent win
– Christine Palma
–.Zsolt Osadaan
– Jose de Leon Jasso
– Steven Wilcox
With an abysmal record of 1-3 [it should be 0-4 if you count the Maxi Hughes fight as a loss]Combos Jr.’s ship has reached the waterline and is about to go down. Rising to 140 is the last hope for ‘Emperor’ Kambossos.
Fall of “Emperor” Cambusos
Since his upset win over the rusty, inactive, and mentally deranged IBF/WBO 135-lb champion Teofimo Lopez in 2021, Kambos has suffered two losses to Devin Heaney and a knockout loss to Vassily Lomachenko. is
In his last fight, Kambos was stopped in the 11th round by Lomachenko on May 12 in Perth, Australia in an unsuccessful bid to capture the vacant IBF lightweight title. The way Loma dominated combos was annoying because it wasn’t even slightly competitive. Lomachenko looked like the same fighter he was when he started his professional career in 2013.
Combos is unlikely to lose to Jermaine, but he must impress in this fight to be taken seriously as a viable opponent for one of the champions. He is likely going to target WBO champion Teofimo Lopez for a rematch as it is a pay-per-view.
Furthermore, Kambos had already defeated Teofimo once, so he might be second time lucky if Teo showed up in the form of their clash three years ago.
Kambos has made millions from his fights against Devin Heaney, Tuofimo, and Lomachenko, so if he doesn’t succeed again, he can live well as a rich millionaire in Australia.
