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George Kambosos Jr. (born 14 June 1993) is an Australian professional boxer who has held the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and The Ring lightweight titles since 2021.

George Kambosos Jr.
Statistics
Real name	George Kambosos II
Nickname(s)	Ferocious The Emperor
Weight(s)	Lightweight
Height	5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (177 cm)[1]
Reach	68 in (173 cm)[1]
Born	(1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 28) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	20
Wins	20
Wins by KO	10
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Arafura Games 2011 Darwin Lightweight Australian National Championships 2009 Canberra Featherweight 2011 Melbourne Lightweight 2012 Hobart Lightweight

Early life

Kambosos was born in Sydney, Australia to parents of Greek descent.[2] His paternal grandparents moved from Sparta to Australia and Kambosos has the famous Spartan war cry "Never retreat, never surrender" tattooed on his body in homage to his heritage.[3] He began playing junior rugby league for the Gymea Gorillas at a young age[4] and was often bullied as a child for being overweight so his father enrolled him in boxing classes at 11 years of age to improve his fitness.[5] Kambosos quickly dropped the excess weight and was placed in the Cronulla Sharks development squad where he was coached by Ricky Stuart but found himself at a crossroad as a teenager when he was forced to choose between boxing and rugby league.[4] He elected to pursue the boxing pathway and began his fighting career by amassing 85 wins in 100 amateur fights before turning professional.[6]

Professional career

Early career

Kambosos made his professional boxing debut in May 2013, at the age of 19, when he faced Filipino fighter Jayson Mac Gura and was victorious via a second round technical knockout. In December 2016, he captured the WBA Oceania title by beating world number nine Brandon Ogilvie.[7][8] He then went on to face Qamil Balla in May 2017,[9] whom he defeated by unanimous decision in a ten-round fight.[10] Five months later, he knocked out Krai Setthaphon in the ninth round and won the WBA Oceania and IBF Pan Pacific titles in the lightweight division.[11] In June 2017, Kambosos was tabbed by Manny Pacquiao as his main sparring partner in preparation for the fight with Jeff Horn[12] and has remained Pacquiao's main sparring partner for his fights after Horn as well.[13] In April 2018, Kambosos signed a promotional contract with DiBella Entertainment.[14] In May 2018, he made his debut in the US[15] and knocked out Jose Forero in just 1 minute and 48 seconds.[16] On 19 January 2019, Kambosos defeated Rey Perez at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs Adrien Broner via unanimous decision in his second fight on US soil.[17] On 7 June in Athens, Kambosos returned to his native land of Greece and knocked out Venezuelan 11–2 (9 KOs) Richard Pena in round six in front of the packed out Galatsi Olympic Hall. He called out former two division world champion José Pedraza after his victory.

Rise up the ranks

Kambosos vs. Bey

On 14 December 2019, Kambosos faced his toughest opponent yet, former IBF lightweight champion Mickey Bey. He won the bout by split decision on the undercard of Terence Crawford vs Egidijus Kavaliauskas.[18]

Kambosos vs. Selby

On 31 October 2020, Kambosos defeated former IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby by split decision at The SSE Arena in London.[19] The win over Selby made Kambosos the mandatory challenger for the IBF lightweight title.[20]

Unified lightweight champion

Kambosos vs. López

On 9 January 2021, the IBF ordered undefeated unified lightweight champion Teófimo López to defend his titles against Kambosos, their number one contender and mandatory challenger.[21] The fight was initially set for 5 June 2021 at the LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, before being postponed multiple times, due to complications involving López contracting COVID-19,[22] and disputes over the venue of the fight.[23][24] The fight had gone to purse bids which was won by Triller with a winning bid of over US$6 million. However, on 6 October, it transpired that the IBF had found Triller in default of its contract obligation to stage the fight, and that its rights would be awarded to the second highest bidder, Eddie Hearn's Matchroom, and the fight was shown live exclusively on the streaming service DAZN.[25][26] Kambosos won the bout via split decision to become the new unified lightweight world champion. One judge had it 114–113 for López, while the other two judges scored the bout 115–112 and 115–111 in favour of Kambosos.[27]

Professional boxing record

Professional record summary

20 fights	20 wins	0 losses
By knockout	10	0
By decision	10	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
21	N/A	N/A	Devin Haney	N/A	– (12)	5 Jun 2022	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	Defending WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring lightweight titles; For WBC lightweight title
20	Win	20–0	Teófimo López	SD	12	27 Nov 2021	Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US	Won WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring lightweight titles
19	Win	19–0	Lee Selby	SD	12	31 Oct 2020	The SSE Arena, London, England
18	Win	18–0	Mickey Bey	SD	10	14 Dec 2019	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US
17	Win	17–0	Richard Pena	TKO	6 (10), 1:36	7 Jun 2019	Galatsi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece
16	Win	16–0	Rey Perez	UD	8	19 Jan 2019	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, US
15	Win	15–0	JR Magboo	TKO	2 (8), 2:02	15 Jul 2018	Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
14	Win	14–0	Jose Forero	KO	1 (10), 1:48	5 May 2018	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, US
13	Win	13–0	Krai Setthaphon	TKO	9 (10), 1:59	13 Oct 2017	Melbourne Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia	Retained WBA Oceania lightweight title; Won vacant IBF Pan Pacific lightweight title
12	Win	12–0	Qamil Balla	UD	10	6 May 2017	Vodafone Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
11	Win	11–0	Brandon Ogilvie	UD	12	2 Dec 2016	Luna Park, Sydney, Australia	Won WBA Oceania lightweight title
10	Win	10–0	Issa Nampepeche	RTD	4 (12), 3:00	8 Jun 2016	Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia	Retained WBA-PABA lightweight title
9	Win	9–0	Joebert Delos Reyes	KO	4 (12), 2:34	12 Dec 2015	Alexandria Basketball Stadium, Sydney, Australia	Retained WBA-PABA lightweight title
8	Win	8–0	Leonardo Esteban Gonzalez	TKO	3 (12), 2:59	4 Jul 2015	Club Punchbowl, Sydney, Australia	Won WBA-PABA interim lightweight title
7	Win	7–0	Rodynie Rafol	UD	6	31 Jan 2015	Allphones Arena, Sydney, Australia
6	Win	6–0	Robert Toomey	UD	10	29 Aug 2014	Club Punchbowl, Sydney, Australia	Won Australian lightweight title
5	Win	5–0	Akrapong Nakthaem	TKO	1 (6), 2:30	9 Apr 2014	Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, Australia
4	Win	4–0	Paitoon Jaikom	UD	6	29 Jan 2014	Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia
3	Win	3–0	Michael Correa	TKO	6 (8), 2:59	22 Nov 2013	Croatian Club, Sydney, Australia	Won vacant NSW state lightweight title
2	Win	2–0	Roberto Oyan	UD	6	17 Aug 2013	Croatian Club, Sydney, Australia
1	Win	1–0	Jayson Mac Gura	TKO	2 (6), 2:06	18 May 2013	Croatian Club, Sydney, Australia

See also

• List of world lightweight boxing champions

References

External links

• George Kambosos Jr. at Boxrec

Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Vacant Title last held by Valentine Borg	New South Wales lightweight champion 22 November 2013 – 2014	Vacant Title next held by Nathan Wright
Preceded by Robert Toomey	Australian lightweight champion 29 August 2014 – 2015	Vacant Title next held by Miles Zalewski
Vacant Title last held by Azad Azizov	WBA-PABA lightweight champion Interim title 4 July 2015 – August 2015 promoted to full champion	Vacant Title next held by Will Tomlinson
Vacant Title last held by Roman Andreev	WBA-PABA lightweight champion August 2015 – March 2016	Title discontinued
Preceded by Brandon Ogilivie	WBA Oceania lightweight champion March 2016 – November 2017	Vacant Title next held by Kye MacKenzie
Vacant Title last held by Tosho Makoto Aoki	IBF Pan Pacific lightweight champion 13 October 2017 – 2018	Vacant
World boxing titles
Preceded by Teófimo López	WBA lightweight champion Super title 27 November 2021 – present	Incumbent
	IBF lightweight champion 27 November 2021 – present
	WBO lightweight champion 27 November 2021 – present
	The Ring lightweight champion 27 November 2021 – present

На других языках

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- [en] George Kambosos Jr.

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[es] George Kambosos Jr.

George Kambosos Jr. (Sídney, Nueva Gales del Sur, 14 de junio de 1993) es un boxeador australiano. Desde el 27 de noviembre del 2021, es el campeón de peso ligero de la WBA (Super), IBF, WBO y de la revista The Ring. Actualmente es considerado el campeón lineal del peso ligero según la Junta Transnacional de Rankings de Boxeo.[1]

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[it] George Kambosos Jr.

George Kambosos Jr. (Sydney, 14 giugno 1993) è un pugile australiano.

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[ru] Камбосос, Джордж

Джордж Камбосос младший (англ. George Kambosos Jr., греч. Γεώργιος Καμπόσος; род. 14 июня 1993, Сидней, Новый Южный Уэльс, Австралия) — австралийский боксёр-профессионал греческого происхождения, выступающий в лёгкой и первой полусредней весовых категориях.

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