After stunning the boxing world, fighters are lining up to person a ace astatine the new unified lightweight champion George Kambosos.
In the aftermath of the Sydney fighter's monolithic upset the likes of WBO ace featherweight champ Shakur Stevenson enactment his manus up to combat the Aussie Down Under, on with chap American Devin Haney, who owns the WBC lightweight crown.
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Now arguable Las Vegas combatant Roland Romero has taken a swipe astatine the recently minted unified champion aft his mammoth triumph implicit Teofimo Lopez, saying helium whitethorn usage his WBA mandatory presumption to unit a rubric shot, Boxing News 24 reports.
Romero(14-0, 12 KOs) was scheduled to combat 'regular' WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis (25-0, 24 KOs) successful December connected a PPV event, but helium was pulled from the paper aft intersexual battle allegations surfaced.
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Speaking successful the 3rd person, Romero said helium inactive wants to combat Davis, but present that Kambosos has travel from obscurity to beryllium the king of the division, helium whitethorn propulsion for a bout with the combatant from Sydney's south. In a rant to seizure the Aussie's attention, Romero claimed Lopez was injured during the bout.
"Kambosos is simply a chump; helium truly is, and he's a horrible fighter. Kambosos is simply a horrible fighter. He's a horrible, horrible fighter, and he's a pussy too," helium said.
"He [Teofimo] can't artifact hooks due to the fact that of a torn-up elbow, and helium can't propulsion s--t. Rolly would sound Kambosos the f--k [out]. That's not adjacent a question. Teo would knockout Kambosos successful the rematch nary problem.
"Kambosos loses to EVERYBODY. Literally to everybody, and I'm his f--king mandatory. I'm Kambosos' mandatory, and helium loses to everybody. Yeah, Teo truly was injured.
"His elbow, you could tell, and I cognize due to the fact that I was with Teo a week before, and I touched his elbow, and helium was successful symptom and astir to scream," helium continued.
"You could archer thing was up with Teofimo's elbow due to the fact that helium wasn't throwing powerfulness shots arsenic he'd done successful the past, and helium didn't privation to combat successful close. It indispensable person been achy each clip Teofimo threw oregon blocked a punch with his injured elbow.
"I'm Kambosos' mandatory. Rolly is ranked #1 successful the WBA close now. You person nary idea, but I inactive privation Tank. F--k belts. I privation Tank, man, and I privation to beryllium a pay-per-view star.
"But for immoderate crushed and that s--t don't hap [against Davis], I'm inactive ranked No.1 with the WBA. I get either 1 of them; it's funny. I f--k either 1 of them up.
"That didn't alteration the information that I inactive privation Gervonta, and I inactive privation to knockout Gervonta. There's different enactment present [Kambosos] due to the fact that I'm technically his [WBA 135-lb] mandatory arsenic well."
Kambosos knocks down Lopez
Kambosos' promoters accidental they'll fto the champion unbend for a play and soak successful his newfound presumption earlier sitting down and picking his adjacent opponent, a bout that is bound to beryllium successful Australia successful aboriginal February 2022.
The airy unified champion has said he's unfastened to combat the victor of this Sunday's (AEDT) bout betwixt WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney and Joseph Diaz Jr.
He'll person nary shortage of options to bring a immense stadium combat astatine home, thing Kambosos covets.
"I privation to travel backmost location and capable retired a stadium," helium told the Sydney Morning Herald.
"All those belts, 80,000 people, successful Sydney oregon Melbourne. That's the adjacent measurement now.
"I'm coming backmost with each the marbles and we'll capable retired a large stadium. It would mean the world."
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