It has been officially confirmed that on June 4 at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne a lightweight unification bout between Devin Haney (27-0, 15 KOs) and George Kambosos (20-0, 10 KOs). Boxers will compete for WBA, WBO, WBC and IBF championship belts. The first press conference dedicated to this event took place on Thursday.
The American, who recently acted as a free agent and signed a new agreement with a promoter for each fight, joined Top Rank for this fight and will partner with Bob Arum's organization for three more fights in a row. Previously, Haney worked with Matchroom Boxing. Thus, Haney had complete freedom of action in negotiations for the biggest fights.
Last November, Kambosos defeated Teofimo Lopez on points. Recently, the Australian has been trying to negotiate a fight with Vasily Lomachenko, but the Ukrainian decided not to leave his country in the face of the military invasion of the Russian Federation and does not intend to return to the ring yet.
