Champion lightweight boxer Devin Haney says he’s prepared to travel to Australia to fight George Kambosos Jr for the right to be crowned the undisputed king of their division.
Haney dispatched of Jo Jo Diaz by unanimous decision on Sunday to retain his WBC lightweight belt.
But Aussie slugger Kambosos lays claim to being the unified lightweight champion after last week belting cocky American puncher Tiofimo Lopez to shock the boxing world and win by split decision in New York.
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Haney holds the only belt Kambosos still desires, putting the pair on a collision course.
Kambosos, though, wants to fight the challenger in his own backyard Down Under… and Haney is prepared to oblige.
“Come on, Kambosos, let’s do it,” Haney said in the ring after beating Diaz.
“The real undisputed, let’s do it next. I’ll go to Jupiter if I’ve got to.”
Unlike Lopez – who showed himself to be a deluded fool by stealing the limelight from Kambosos last week – both the Aussie and Haney have enormous respect for one another.
“I think it’s a great fight. It’s for all the belts,” Haney said.
“He won with a great performance against Tiofimo Lopez.
“The fans would love to see it. There would be no more dispute who’s the WBC champion, so let’s do it next.”
Kambosos is the hottest property in Australian sport after his stunning win as a rank underdog in New York.
A fight to be undisputed champion on home soil in Australia would no doubt sell out, wherever it was held.
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