George Kambosos Jr. will battle veteran Daud Yordan within the 10-round conflict on DAZN on March twenty second in Sydney, Australia. That is the title that the previous unified light-weight champion Kambosos has been speaking about, and it’s disappointing.
Ring is reporting that Kambosos Jr. is taking over Yordan as his tune-up. What makes this battle look worse is that the little ‘Emperor’ Kambosos (21-3, 10 KOs) is predicted to problem for a world title subsequent in the summertime in opposition to IBF mild welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins.
As dangerous as Kambosos regarded in his final battle in opposition to Vasily Lomachenko final yr on Might twelfth, you’d need to say his conflict in opposition to Daud Yordan is a 50-50 affair. Nevertheless, with the conflict being staged in George’s hometown of Sydney, Australia, he ought to be okay so long as he doesn’t get knocked out once more like he was in opposition to Loma.
If Yordan follows the Lomachenko blueprint of going to Kambosos’ physique, he may cease him. That’s how Loma dropped him twice, forcing Kamboso’s order to throw within the towel.
Kambosos’s combating the likes of Yordan as a substitute of a top-tier fighter suggests how far down his profession has sunk. He briefly held three light-weight titles following his upset win in opposition to a ring-rusty, injured Teofimo Lopez on November 27, 2021.
Kambosos had executed nothing along with his profession earlier than that upset win over Teo, and he’s executed nothing since, going 1-3 in his final 4 fights. ‘Ferocious’ or ‘Emperor’ Kamboso’s solely win within the final 4 years is a questionable 12-round majority choice in opposition to Maxi Hughes on July twenty second, 2023.
It regarded like a one-sided battle in favor of Hughes, however the judges surprisingly gave it to Kambosos. If not for that win, Kambosos could be marching into his conflict in opposition to the 37-year-old Daud Yordan with a 0-4 report.
Hitchins-Kambosos nonetheless hasn’t been confirmed. If one thing higher comes alongside, like a rematch with Teofimo Lopez or Devin Haney, you may wager that Kambosos will snatch it up.
37-year-old Indonesian native Yordan (43-4, 31 KOs) is a 20-year professional and has been round without end however has seldomly fought within the final seven years, making solely 5 appearances in opposition to lesser opposition.
For boxing followers who’ve been following the game for over a decade, they bear in mind Yordan for his second-round no-contest in opposition to Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero in 2009, losses to former world champions Celestino Caballero, Chris John, Simpiwe Vetyeka, and Anthony Crolla.
Yordan’s greatest wins have come in opposition to Maxwell Awuku, Daniel Eduardo Brizuela, and Choi Tseveenpurev. These had been a few years in the past, as Yordan has executed nothing a lot since 2016, combating not often and solely little-known fighters.
