TEOFIMO LOPEZ JR. will defend his undisputed lightweight championship against george kambosos jr. in new york city.
Teofimo Lopez Jr. (16-0, 12 KOs) vs. George Kambosos Jr. (19-0, 10 KOs)
- Date: Saturday, Nov. 27
- Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
- Where: Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City
- TV/Stream: DAZN
- Cost: DAZN is $19.99 per month or $99 annually
- Division: Lightweight
- At stake: Lopez’s undisputed championship
- Pound-for-pound ranking: Lopez No. 6
- Odds: Lopez 7-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
- Also on the card: Azinga Fuzile vs. Kenichi Ogawa, junior lightweights (for vacant IBF title); Ray Ford vs. Felix Caraballo, featherweights
- Prediction: Lopez KO 10
- Background: After so many date changes that it was impossible to keep track, Lopez vs. Kambosos is finally here. Lopez, whose bout with COVID-19 resulted in one postponement, will be fighting for the first time since his break through victory over pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko in October of last year to become undisputed lightweight champion in only his 16th fight. He was only 23 at the time. The gifted boxer-puncher got off to a strong start against the strangely inactive Ukrainian champion and then held off a rally to win a clear unanimous decision in Las Vegas. The WBC has designated Lopez its “franchise” champion and elevated Devin Haney to full titleholder, which Boxing Junkie doesn’t recognize. Lopez has suggested that the fight against Kambosos could be his last at 135 pounds. Kambosos is a tough, high-energy fighter from Australia but he can also box, as the 28-year-old demonstrated in split-decision victories over good technicians Mickey Bey and Lee Selby in the last two fights. The Selby fight also took place in October of last year, meaning both men will have been out of the ring for around 13 months. This will be Kambosos’ third fight in the United States.