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Former unified lightweight champion George Kambossos Jr. says he will make his debut at 140 in March and then challenge IBF light heavyweight champion Richardson Hitchins for his belt in June or July.
Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) called the first a one hit wonderKambosos Jr (21-3, 10 KOs), following his 12-round split decision win over IBF 140lb champion Liam Parr last month on December 7. George doesn’t deserve a world title shot unless we lower the bar for what a fighter needs to do to win the belt.
“Emperor’s” new target
“The Emperor” Kambossos’ attitude is that if Hitchins wants a fight, he will oblige, but he says he sees the New Yorker as a “bungler” who hasn’t “made his money.” Kambosos made a small fortune from his upset win over an injured, rusty Teofimo Lopez four years ago on November 27, 2021.
George defeated Lopez by split decision in 12 rounds, but has done very little since then, going 1-3 over the past four years. Cambos’ record should be 0-4 in his last four fights as his 12-round majority decision victory over Maxi Hughes on July 22, 2023 was highly questionable in the eyes of many fans.
“Yes, yes, I repeat a million times.” He keeps saying, ‘You’re not signing a contract.’ What kind of contract? You want me. You’re the champion, but you haven’t made any money. You’re a bum. You haven’t done anything in sports except win the last fight and win the world title,” said George Kambossos Jr. Fighthippetalking about IBF light heavyweight champion Richardson Hitchins.
“It means nothing to me.” I’m coming for you. I want to take your head out 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 names. I knew he would jump on it. I knew I was under his skin. I live in his head rent-free. I’m under his skin. I love being under these New Yorkers.
“I will make my debut at 140 in March. He’s not ready until June or July, and here we are. Right after March, we can do it next month. We can do it the next day, no problem. I’m coming for this guy,” Kambossos said of wanting to fight Richardson Hitchins.
Kambosos goes ahead of himself. He still needs to win his debut at 140 in March before he has the chance to challenge Hitchins for his IBF title in June or July. If Kambos’ promoter, Eddie Hearn, matches a half-decent opponent for March, he’ll lose for sure. That would leave George with a poor record of 1-4 in his last five fights. The thing is, he’s not a real fighter. He was never good.
“It’s not a secret. Me and Paro, we’re going to that big, big fight. I wanted to do my job in March and then have that big fight in the stadium. I’m such a big name in the boxing world, Hitchins asked me out the next day,” Kambossos said.
It must have been disappointing for Cambosos to see Liam Paro beat Hitchins by a 12-round split decision in their December 7 fight in San Juan, Puerto Rico. All that money that Kambossos would have received against former IBF 140lb champion Paro went to the tune of his loss to Hitchins, and is not coming back.
“I’ll rip his head off”
“I’m just focused on getting better every day.” I feel good at this weight and have a great performance in March. I’m going to rip this guy’s head off, and then we’re going straight to Hitchins. He says some things here and there. What do I worry about you? You are not one tenth of Devin Haney. You are not one tenth of Teofimo Lopez. You are not one tenth of Lomachenko,” Kambossos said.
The only fighter of those three that Kambosos Jr. defeated was Teofimo Lopez, catching him on a bad night after a long layoff in 2021. George has lost twice to Devin Haney and was knocked out by Vassily Lomachenko in his last fight on May 12, 2024. Since then, he didn’t fight. Kambossos was seen as a fighter, but he was never seen as a good fighter from the start. So his loss multiple times just shows his level or lack thereof.
