Eddie Hearn, promoter for WBC light-weight champion Devin Haney, would adore to match his boxer from newly crowned unified winner George Kambosos in a complete-division unification.
This past Saturday night time at the Hulu Theater at New York’s Madison Sq. Back garden, Kambosos stunned the division when he secured a twelve round split final decision earn about heavily favored Teofimo Lopez to capture the WBO, IBF, WBC Franchise, WBA titles.
Kambosos dropped Lopez in the initially spherical, recovered from a knockdown in the tenth, and shut solid in the championship rounds.
Haney has a rough defense in the coming times, as he will protect his belt in opposition to former entire world winner Joseph Diaz on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The unbeaten winner observed motion back again in May, when he picked up a twelve spherical choice over a different former winner, Jorge Linares. Nevertheless, Linares was ready to rock Haney in the course of the struggle and manufactured it a rough outing.
Diaz picked up a decision get over previous winner Javier Fortuna in July.
As extended as Haney will come out on prime this weekend, Hearn wishes to explore a significant showdown concerning him and Kambosos.
“The obvious point is to combat Devin Haney for all the belts. Which is the fight, but Devin has obtained to beat JoJo [this Saturday]. You just had a situation there in which the underdog just received, so Devin has got to be switched on,” Hearn claimed to IFL Television set.
“I’d adore to operate with George and acquire him to Australia. Which is the dream. They occur from Australia and beat Teofimo Lopez to gain all the belts. It is unbelievable.”