George Kambosos set for top billing on Australian mega event fight card

Given Australia’s successful measures to combat COVID and the potential of even more local interest on the card, Kambosos said it made perfect sense for the fight to be staged on his turf.

“It’s a mega event,” he said. “Hopefully we can do 50,000 of 60,000 somewhere in Australia. I think it’s bigger than Pacquiao-Horn.

“It makes so much business sense. It makes sense to maximise the opportunities in Australia, given how well we’ve coped with this terrible virus. It’s just a fantastic event. Pac-Horn showed it can work.

“Coming out of a pandemic, what better way to give back when you have Kambosos chasing greatness to win not one, not two, not three, but four world titles.

“Everyone is on the same page, from us to Teofimo Lopez to his father to Bob Arum. Everybody is on the same page and striving to make this happen for hopefully April next year.”

There would be layers of interest for international fans, but even more for Australians if Arum can pull all the right strings. He wants the card to feature a rematch between Andrew Moloney and Joshua Franco after the Australian was robbed of the WBA super lightweight title in farcical scenes last week.

Franco retained his belt in a “no contest” ruling from a supposed head butt, which was attributed as the cause of swelling around his eye. But the video showed no such thing and Moloney and his team were rightly incensed.

Tim Tszyu has also been mentioned to fight on the card, which would give him the biggest global exposure of his short career, while just about every other local fighter of any note would be clamouring for a spot on the card.

Kambosos is Sydney born and bred and would love the fight to take place at one of the city’s stadiums, although he’d be equally at home in Melbourne, given the city’s huge Greek-Australian population.

“Anywhere you put it, it’s going to be unbelievable,” he said. “I’m born and bred in Sydney, I’d love to have it there – ANZ or Bankwest would be great. Melbourne could be a possibility if they continue to do well with the virus – Marvel Stadium would be huge.

“I’m a proud Australian, but the Greeks in Melbourne would be massive … there are over 700,000 expats. We’ll take it wherever makes most sense.

“I’m ready. I truly believe I can beat this guy and I will beat this guy. I’ve shown my class and I’m just getting better and better. He’ll be shocked with my speed and my movement. Lomachenko barely threw a punch in seven rounds. We all saw it. With 50,000 Aussies behind me, I’ll be on him straight away.”