By Jeff Sorby
February 24, 2022
Source: Boxing 247
Photo Source: Ed Mulholland / Matchroom
Eddie Hearn believes George Kambosos Jr. will choose Devin Haney over Vasily Lomachenko for his next fight in June because he wants the undisputed lightweight championship. DAZN and Hearn are in negotiations with IBF/WBA/WBC Franchise/WBO lightweight champion Kambosos Jr’s promoter Lou DiBella to put together a fight in June in Australia. The streaming giant has taken an interest in making this fight, and they’re working with Haney to come to an agreement to get it done.
Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KOs) had been considered as the frontrunner to get the fight with Kambosos, but Hearn and DAZN may have DiBella considering them as the better deal.
Kambosos has more to gain fighting WBC champion Haney because the winner of the fight would be the undisputed lightweight champion in the division. In contrast, Lomachenko would be a regular title defense for Kambosos.
“DAZN has gotten into the middle and is sort of talking to Lou DiBella and talking to us. They’d love to make the Devin Haney fight,” said Eddie Hearn to Secondsout about DAZN still wanting to put a fight together between Haney and Kambosos.
“Looking at it from the outset, I think Kambosos has two options. Lomachenko in a standard defense or Devin Haney in an undisputed, and I think he’d [Kambosos] will rather do the undisputed fight,” said Hearn. “Hopefully, we can get that.” “Devin Haney is coming out saying he’ll take the same money. I think, all things considered, George Kambosos would rather fight Devin Haney to clear up the undisputed fight. “It’s a tremendous fight, and George deserves his big night in Australia, and hopefully, we can get a deal done,” said Hearn.
It’s good that Haney (27-0, 15 KOs) isn’t pricing himself out of the fight by asking for crazy money to face Kambosos.
If Haney does get the chance to face Kambosos, he’s got to make it entertaining because his last two contests were boring against Joseph Diaz Jr. and Jorge Linares.
“The two main options for Kambosos were a unification-type fight against Devin Haney that would have settled the WBC championship once and for all, and a title defense against Vasily Lomachenko,” said Chris Mannix to The Volume.
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